Status Updates From First Comes Love (The Ameri...

~ Loving somebody is a risk. But true love is always worth it, no matter how long it lasts.

~ “That’s when you need to stand beside her and lend her your strength—not by taking away the storm, but by holding her up through it.”

Em, take a breath. This isn’t worth losing Hays over

I don’t know how Hays rounded up more than 24 guys for the bachelor auction, but I love his dedication

Oh! I was wondering this whole time if Emma was related to the Longleys from Four Brides and a Bachelor and she just confirmed they’re her parents

~ In Minnesota, she would have been bundled up on this January day, happily shuffling from store to store—she halted her thoughts, remembering her promise to Hays that she would stop comparing Texas to Minnesota.

Me: easier said than done, huh?

Hays’s challenge is a good one. Don’t compare the states

~ “Can we agree that each state has a beauty all its own?”

Me: you’re not wrong, Hays. You’re not wrong

~ “And you’ve never seen anything until you’ve gazed across the endless blue waters of Lake Superior or ridden a canoe down the Mighty Mississippi. You can’t imagine the crystal clear lakes or the delicacy of a Lady Slipper in a cool forest. And I can guarantee a Texas sunset has nothing on the crackling Northern Lights in the heat of summer.”

Emma, I understand your love for your beloved Minnesota

I love me a man who’s sure about what he wants

~ The dusty streets and dry land around the town were nothing like the countryside of her beloved Minnesota. Back home, the lakes and rivers would be frozen over, the land would be covered under a blanket of snow, and the branches of large elm, oak, and maple would be bare against the pale winter sky.

Me: amen 🥲

I don't know whose wild idea it was to name the youngest Hart brother John Coffee Hays Hart...but I actually find the name Hays Hart super attractive

Pre-read: this is a reread for me because I've read the original in the Seven Brides for Seven Texans Collection from Barbour