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She smiled against his lips. “Sounds like a plan. I’m especially fond of the part about loving each other like crazy.”
“Yeah, I like that part, too.”
He cupped the back of her head and was settling in for a long, deep kiss, when she groaned, “We’ve got company.”
Hunter and Grant, still in pajamas, were racing toward them, their bare feet thudding on the boardwalk.
Amelia yelled at them to be careful of splinters but the caution didn’t slow them down. Gleefully shouting his name, they ran pell-mell toward them.
She gave him a dubious smile. “Are you sure you want to take them on?”
“That’s one decision already made.”
He wrapped his arms around her waist, so that when the boys tackled him into the sand, she went with him.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Welcome
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Diary of Flora Stimel
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Diary of Flora Stimel
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Diary of Flora Stimel
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Diary of Flora Stimel
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Diary of Flora Stimel
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Diary of Flora Stimel
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Diary of Flora Stimel
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Epilogue
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Copyright © 2013 by Sandra Brown Management, Ltd.
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