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

Kenneth left the rabbits in the small lean-to outside the barn that doubled as a tack room, then checked on the horses. Leon’s horse was sleeping, but his horse was quietly munching on straw, and he shook his head in greeting when he picked up Kenneth’s familiar scent. It would be easy—so easy—to leave. He knew Leon wouldn’t blame him. It’d be easy to travel east. All the way to Galveston, or New Orleans. From there, he could get passage on a ship. Or maybe he’d go north. It didn’t matter. The important thing was that he could put these five days behind him.


But none of that was really a consideration. He couldn’t leave Leon, even if Leon would have forgiven him for it. And he didn’t want to forget Amy. One way or the other, he’d carry her with him for the rest of his life, even if she was just a very fond and distant memory.


Chapter 30