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LOVE COMES TO TOWN... All of Harmony is abuzz with gossip when the blacksmith, Jake Sutherland, seems to be smitten. And no one is more surprised than Jake himself, who doesn't know the first thing about courting a pretty woman... There's a place where life moves a little slower, where a neighborly smile and a friendly hello can still be heard. Where news of a wedding or a baby on the way is a reason to celebrate-and gossip travels faster than a telegram! Where hope lives in the heart, and love's promises last a lifetime. The year is 1874, and the place is Harmony, Kansas .. . For the sake of her unborn child, the young widow Abby Newsome flees to Harmony—and to the loving care of her cousin Lottie. The town blacksmith, Jake Sutherland, is more at ease shoeing a horse than talking to anyone of the female persuasion . . . He found her on the doorstep of Lottie McGee's saloon—and much to his shock, Abby Newsome was about to give birth! Caring for her during the long night, Jake managed to deliver her baby. Then, at her cousin's request, he promised to leave Abby be, to forget the night ever happened. But as months went by, he watched Abby tend the roses behind the saloon—and found his attraction growing ever deeper. Still too shy to ask for her hand, Jake sent her lovely gifts from her secret admirer—and planted the seeds of love that held a promise of a blossoming romance . . .
Author
Rebecca Hagan Lee has had many different jobs, earning her beads of experience on the necklace of life with each one, but her desire to write was constant. After graduating from college, she set out to make her mark in the world of television journalism, but somewhere along the way, she decided she was a small town girl at heart and settled in a town where the media consisted of a weekly newspaper and an AM radio station. Seeking a creative outlet, she turned to writing romance and began to write stories far different from those in the world of television news, but not that far removed from the hundreds of episodes of Daniel Boone, Big Valley, Gunsmoke and Bonanza she had watched growing up. She decided to create stories where good guys win, bad guys lose, prostitutes have hearts of gold and the heroes and heroines who fall in love and persevere are richly rewarded with incredibly bright futures and happy endings. In her world, heroines don't die or get killed off to make way for the next episode's new love interest. Her heroines get their men and help them become ideal husbands, lovers, friends and fathers. Rebecca lives in a small southern town with her husband, a miniature schnauzer, two rat terriers, a half dozen barn cats, and two extraordinary horses. She is currently seated at the computer working hard to make her dreams come true, or riding off with her hero into the sunset. . .
