this was fortunate , because the huge improvement in technology had meant that trading with the lands over the sea became even more important . the farmlands still remained , but were more and more filled with the effort-saving devices powered by lectracity . lenchen was growing , both in size and in importance . the old owners of fiefdoms had stopped laughing when their serfs left them permanently to resettle in lenchen

for a second - no longer than that - sandra koval was thrown . grace lawson stood too . wade larue could not understand why they were together . it made no sense . he wondered if it changed anything , if he would soon meet grace lawson . did it matter ? when sandra koval finished , she leaned over to him and whispered , '' come on , wade

his eyes would delve into hers while his hands tenderly brushed the red curls from the side of her face . they 'd kiss , and their lips would cling , then kiss again , slowly , lazily , savoring each other . each morning , when erin woke , it was the ending . each night , when she climbed beneath the sheets , was the beginning

greg was on break from school and dad took over the youth ministry two wednesdays in a row , giving greg and me the opportunity to spend a few days on galveston beach for our honeymoon . what 's more , there was a small guest house on the property with my folks ' house , which was included with the church . that 's where greg and i sat up our home . by the third week , greg was raring to get back to his youth group and co-pastoring with
dad