“I’ve always loved words,” she said carefully — which was true, and said nothing else, which was cowardice. Sawyer Ellis had been expecting Louisa Bellamy off the afternoon stage for three months. But the woman who stepped down from that stage wasn’t the woman who’d written those letters. He knew it within thirty seconds. He just didn’t know why — or how long she’d keep pretending. Then a neighbor with a grudge found out the truth, and he gave Sawyer a choice: sell his water rights or watch the woman he loved get destroyed by scandal in front of the entire county.
“I’ve always loved words,” she said carefully — which was true, and said nothing else, which was cowardice. Sawyer Ellis had been expecting Louisa Bellamy off the afternoon stage for three months. But the woman who stepped down from that stage wasn’t the woman who’d written those letters. He knew it within thirty seconds. He…
