Widow Amy Northe hasn’t known a man’s company in the six years since her husband died. That all changes the night her son comes in from chores with two strangers in tow. Kenneth and Leon are seeking shelter, and though Amy wants to turn them away, she can’t. There’s a blizzard moving through the Utah mountains, and Leon’s busted ankle has him teetering on the edge of consciousness. She does the only thing she can and takes them in, unaware of the secrets these young men hide.<br><br>Kenneth doesn’t want to take advantage of the older woman’s hospitality, even though she’s the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen. But Leon needs help and Amy is a nurse. If he has to satisfy his desire for her with covert trysts with Leon, then that’s what he’ll do, especially since he’s too much of a gentleman to ever think of making advances.<br><br>Until she makes one herself. Then everything changes. For all of them.

Stealing Northe

“As long as I’ve got these out, do you have anything you need mending?” Her gaze jumped over his clothing. “Though I’m going to have to wash those soon. They probably haven’t seen soap since you left Wyoming, am I right?”


Kenneth smiled. “Yes, ma’am, and I can’t vouch that they’ve ever seen soap before that. I don’t have any mending, though. All of my clothes are in good repair.”


Even if he did have mending, he couldn’t imagine imposing further on Amy. He didn’t want her to worry about their clothes, or food, or bedding. She only needed to concentrate on Leon. Kenneth slowly unwrapped the bandages from his foot, the way she had shown him, then dipped them in the hot water. The dim light hid the real horror of Leon’s foot—skin shouldn’t be that shade of purple, and a bone shouldn’t look so twisted and mangled.


Chapter 6