Happily Ever After
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A Note
from the
Author
The idea of Happily Ever After has been incubating in my heart since childhood, when I first set eyes on the North Shore of Minnesota. It seems as though everything significant in my life has birthed from moments sitting on the shores of Lake Superior, listening to the call of the seagulls or throwing stones into the surf. I found the Lord at a camp on the Gunflint Trail, met my husband years later in Grand Marais, and began my writing dreams at a rough-hewn picnic table overlooking the rocky shoreline.
Mona and Joe—and their story—touched my heart and reminded me that God is the author of my dreams and all my golden moments. My desire in writing this story was to share how God truly is our refuge, our deep haven, and that whatever happens, whether travail or triumph, we can fling ourselves into the Father’s loving arms with trust and abandon.
A good friend once told me that God doesn’t give us a dream just to yank it away and laugh. We serve a loving God who knows our hearts better than we do and longs to delight us with His love. I’ve clung to that thought throughout the years as my family and I have served God in challenging places, enduring difficult stages in our missionary service. Through it all, I’ve seen His provision, His protection, and His love, showing me repeatedly that I am His beloved child. Most of all, I’ve learned that the more I surrender to Him and the more I trust in His grace for every situation, the more He surprises me with His abundance. Try it! Give Him your dreams and your heart, and enjoy being loved by the Almighty.
Thank you for reading Happily Ever After. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it. I’m looking forward to sharing with you other romantic adventures on the shores of Lake Superior in Deep Haven, Minnesota.
God bless,
Susan May Warren
About
the Author
Susan May Warren recently returned home after serving for eight years with her husband and four children in Khabarovsk, Far East Russia. Now writing full-time as her husband runs a lodge on Lake Superior in northern Minnesota, she and her family enjoy hiking and canoeing and being involved in her local church.
Susan holds a B.A. in mass communications from the University of Minnesota and is a multipublished author of novellas and novels with Tyndale, including Happily Ever After, the American Christian Romance Writers’ Book of the Year. Flee the Night, Escape to Morning, and Expect the Sunrise comprise her romantic adventure search and rescue series.
Reclaiming Nick is the first book in Susan’s new romantic series.
Susan invites you to visit her Web site at www.susanmaywarren.com. She also welcomes letters by e-mail at susan@susanmaywarren.com.