“Maybe we could get a picture with the minister’s family, too,” Ember said to the photographer. “It would mean a lot to me.”
So Sue, Ted and Steven joined them in one last picture before the babies were too tired to continue. Ember stood leaning against her husband’s shoulder, Wyatt in her arms, and a stray ribbon pushed into Wyatt’s mouth on his fist. Casey held Will in one strong arm, and Steven stood proud and tall between Ember and Sue, a smile on his face and his rumpled curls just a little askew in the warm wind. Sue was looking down at her son with a proud smile on her face. And Ember looked into the camera, her eyes glittering with the joy that overflowed her heart.
It would be Ember’s favorite family photo from the wedding—it brought them all together.
God created a family that day that would settle on the same land where the Harpers had persevered generations before. Sometimes God answered more than one prayer at once, like when He knocked down walls and brought true love to lonely hearts. Or when mothers prayed with all their strength that God would provide for their children when they couldn’t do any more...
A family was God’s sweetest answer to so many persevering prayers.
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Beneath Montana Skies
by Mia Ross
Chapter One
“Hey there, cowgirl.”
Holding a fifty-pound bag of sweet feed balanced on her shoulder, Morgan Whittaker froze in midstep. It couldn’t be, she thought, before it occurred to her that was just wishful thinking. The once-familiar voice behind her could only belong to one person, and although she hadn’t heard that smooth tenor in ages, she’d recognize it anywhere.
Very slowly, she turned halfway around and let her eyes confirm her suspicion. Thankfully, she was wearing her mirrored aviator sunglasses, so he couldn’t see the contempt she knew must be plain in her eyes. “Tyler Wilkins. What’re you doing here in Mustang Ridge?”
Under the brim of his cream-colored Stetson, the gold tinting his hazel eyes sparked with a bit of his infamous temper. But it quickly mellowed, replaced by one of those easygoing grins that had charmed her—and countless other women—for so long. “Well, now, last time I checked, this was my hometown, too. I haven’t been to Montana in a while, so I figured it was time for me to make a visit.”
“I’d say seven years is more than a while.” For her, it was a lifetime ago. She was almost thirty now, and for her those days were a distant memory. From the look of things, nothing had changed for him, except that his rangy, athletic build had filled out a bit. He was more solid now, but she knew from hard-won experience that was just an illusion. There had never been anything solid about Ty. Unfortunately for her, she’d discovered the truth about him too late. “And since it’s June, shouldn’t you be headed to Reno for that big roundup I read about? The article said the humongous rodeo purse is drawing every able-bodied cowboy west of the Mississippi.”
Something flashed across his weathered features, and for a brief moment she thought it almost looked like regret. Then again, the cocky bull rider had never been prone to remorse, even when he was clearly in the wrong. The look vanished quickly, and she decided it had just been a trick of the sunlight and shadows underneath the overhang that shaded the sidewalk in front of Big Sky Feed and Seed.
“Not goin’ this year,” he said simply, hooking his thumbs into his wide leather belt.
She noticed that he wasn’t wearing his prized silver champions buckle because, really, you couldn’t miss one of those if you tried. Something about him wasn’t adding up for her, and while she shouldn’t care, she had to admit that she was suddenly curious about what had brought him home. Figuring it couldn’t hurt to ask, she dove in boots first. “Why not?”
He didn’t answer, and when he took a step toward her, she instinctively pulled away. “What on earth do you think you’re doing?”
“Taking that bag of feed before it caves your shoulder in.”
Suddenly aware that she’d slumped a bit under the weight, she
