A Fairytale Bride (12 page)

I would like to specifically thank my critique partners Carol Hayes and Keely J. Thrall, who read numerous drafts of this story and wouldn’t let me off the hook until I completely rewrote chapters one and two—several times. Thank you, ladies, for sticking with me as I struggled to put the puzzle pieces together.

My thanks also to my fabulous editor, Alex Logan, who helped me put my finger on the things that didn’t work in the first draft. Your red ink and tireless effort made the story (and my writing) so much better.

Finally, as always, my undying thanks and love to my husband, Bryan, who has to live with me when I’m working through the birth of a story. You are such a good listener, and sometimes that’s exactly what I need.

About the Author

Hope Ramsay was born in New York and grew up on the North Shore of Long Island. Hope earned a BA in political science from the University of Buffalo and has had various jobs working as a congressional aide, a lobbyist, a public relations consultant, and a meeting planner. She’s a two-time finalist in the Golden Heart and is married to a good-ol’ Georgia boy who resembles every single one of her heroes. She has two grown children and a couple of demanding lap cats. She lives in Fairfax, Virginia, where you can often find her on the back deck, picking on her thirty-five-year-old Martin guitar.

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Table of Contents

1. Cover
   
2. Title Page
   
3. Welcome
   
4. Chapter One
   
5. Chapter Two
   
6. Chapter Three
   
7. Chapter Four
   
8. Chapter Five
   
9. Chapter Six
   
10. Chapter Seven
    
11. Chapter Eight
    
12. Chapter Nine
    
13. Epilogue
    
14. Preview of A CHRISTMAS BRIDE
    
15. Acknowledgments
    
16. About the Author
    
17. Don’t miss Hope Ramsay’s bestselling Last Chance series.
    
18. Newsletters
    
19. Copyright
    

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Copyright © 2016 by Robin Lanier
Excerpt from
A Christmas Bride
© 2016 by Robin Lanier
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