Loving Thy Neighbor

Loving Thy Neighbor
Ruth Scofield

LOVING THY NEIGHBOR…When Quincee Davis moved into a house in order to raise her late sister' s two children, she was less than thrilled to discover that Hamilton Paxton–the judge who had suspended her driver' s license–lived right next door. Their close proximity created immediate tension…which unexpectedly turned into attraction.PROVED A CHANCE TO HEALHamilton had a shameful secret he was keeping from the community. But his growing friendship with neighbor Quincee was lightening his heart–making him feel bolder. Would his mounting love for Quincee help him learn to trust again, and create a complete family all his own?

“Can we take a piece of pie to him?”

Kerri asked.

“Him who?” Quincee teased her daughter. She knew it was natural for a little girl to get a sudden crush on a father figure, but the idea of Judge Hamilton Paxton filling that role for Kerri struck her as hilarious.

Kerri rolled her eyes. “You know, him.”

“Oh, that him. Sure, honey, why not. But after supper, okay?”

Quincee wondered whether he’d be home, but sure enough, the kids said later that he was, and that he’d handed her back a thank-you note.

Why didn’t the blasted man have a Saturday-night date? He was young enough and handsome. And she secretly thought he had the best pair of male eyes in the city….

RUTH SCOFIELD

became serious about writing after she’d raised her children. Until then, she’d concentrated her life on being a June Cleaver-type wife and mother, spent years as a Bible student and teacher for teens and young adults and led a weekly women’s prayer group. When she’d made a final wedding dress and her last child had left the nest, she declared to one and all that it was her turn to activate a dream. Thankfully, her husband applauded her decision.

Ruth began school in an old-fashioned rural two-room schoolhouse and grew up in the days before television, giving substance to her notion that she still has one foot in the nineteenth century. However, active involvement with six rambunctious grandchildren has her eagerly looking forward to what this new millennium will bring. After living on the East Coast for years, Ruth and her husband now live in Missouri.

Loving Thy Neighbor

Ruth Scofield

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

The second [commandment] is this:

“Love your neighbor as yourself.”

There is no greater commandment than this.

—Mark 12:31

A joyful heart is good medicine.

—Proverbs 17:22a

I can do all things through Him

who gives me strength.

(New International Version)

I can do all things through Christ

who strengthens me.

(Scofield Reference Bible)

—Philippians 4:13

To Charles—my own neighborhood boy,

the love of my life.

Contents

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen