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One Love

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By Deborah Fletcher Mello

Gattis Montgomery is down on his luck. After a tragic accident he loses his home, his business, his car, and everyone he loves. Between his days living on the streets and his nights at the local men's shelter, the downtown library becomes a necessary respite to help him maintain his sanity. Patrice King is a dream come true. She's intelligent, accomplished and beautiful! After a chance meeting, thoughts of her fuel every one of Gattis' fantasies and has him imagining a future that doesn't feel quite so bleak. But Patrice is fighting her own demons. Reeling from the death of her beloved mother and not knowing her paternity, she's not interested in a relationship with any man. When their budding friendship evolves into a passionate relationship, the two discover happily-ever-after is possible under the most daunting circumstances.

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Deborah Fletcher Mello

Author · 39 books

For Deborah Fletcher Mello, writing is as necessary as breathing and she firmly believes that if she could not write she would cease to exist. Her first novel, TAKE ME TO HEART, earned her a 2004 Romance Slam Jam nomination for Best New Author. In 2005 she received Book of the Year and Favorite Heroine nominations for her novel THE RIGHT SIDE OF LOVE. In 2008, Deborah won the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice award for Best Series Romance for her ninth novel, TAME A WILD STALLION. A true renaissance woman, Deborah's many career paths have included working as a retail buyer and size model for a national women's clothing chain, a finance manager for a well-known beverage organization, a sales manager for an infamous candy company, a telecommunications administrator and corporate trainer for a hotel-owning company, an art gallery director for a world-renowned artist, and an administrative consultant for multiple organizations throughout the United States. Deborah is also a licensed real estate broker and general building contractor. Born and raised in Connecticut, Deborah maintains base camp in North Carolina but considers home to be wherever the moment moves her.