As You Are
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Corbin pulled her into his arms again. He kissed the top of her head, burying his face in her hair, breathing deep the fragrance she wore. “Will you promise . . . promise me something, Clara?”
“Anything at all.”
“Promise you will tell me all of your dreams, my love.”
She didn’t pull out of his embrace. “My dreams?”
“I intend to make them come true.” He kissed her forehead. “Every”—he shifted and kissed her cheek—“single”—he pressed a quick kiss to her lips—“dream.”
“And if I told you that you already have?”
He smiled. “Then you shall simply have to dream up more.”
“Perhaps we might think of some we could share,” she said.
Having her there in his home, in his life, in his arms, there did not seem to be a dream that was out of his reach. All his life he’d felt like the outsider, overlooked and unimportant. Then he’d found his Clara, and he now knew where he belonged. She had learned to love him, quiet and unobtrusive, stuttering and lacking in polish—she had come to love him exactly as he was.
About the Author
Sarah M. Eden read her first Jane Austen novel in elementary school and has been an Austen addict ever since. Fascinated by the English Regency era, Eden became a regular in that section of the reference department at her local library, where she painstakingly researched this extraordinary chapter in history. Eden is an award-winning author of short stories and was a Whitney Award finalist for her novels Seeking Persephone and Courting Miss Lancaster. Visit her at www.sarahmeden.com.
Other Books by Sarah M. Eden
Courting Miss Lancaster
The Kiss of a Stranger
Seeking Persephone
Friends and Foes
An Unlikely Match
Drops of Gold
Glimmer of Hope