A Season to Celebrate
Mistletoe Magic
Winter Wishes
The Most Wonderful
Time
When the Snow Falls
Secret Santa
A Winter Wonderland
I’ll Be Home for
Christmas
Making Spirits Bright
Holiday Magic
Snow Angels
Silver Bells
Comfort and Joy
Sugar and Spice
Let It Snow
A Gift of Joy
Five Golden Rings
Deck the Halls
Jingle All the Way
FERN MICHAELS
TRUTH AND JUSTICE
ZEBRA BOOKS
KENSINGTON PUBLISHING CORP.
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Table of Contents
Also by Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Epilogue Teaser chapter ABOUT THE AUTHOR CUT AND RUN HOME SWEET HOME FEARLESS DEEP HARBOR
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Copyright © 2020 by Fern Michaels
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.
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I would like to dedicate this book to the real Jeff
Josell and the real Scott “Bones” Kimball.
It was fun watching you guys grow up and become
the parents you are today. Thanks for the memories.
Mike’s Mom
Prologue
“I pronounce you man and wife! You may now kiss the bride, Major Nolan,” Pastor Leonard Bryant said, smiling from ear to ear.
Major Andrew—Andy to his friends—Nolan, planted a lip-lock on his new bride, making the pastor blush a rosy red and clear his throat to move things along. After all, he did have three other couples waiting to enter into the state of marital bliss.
Pastor Leonard Bryant cleared his throat a second time while the three waiting couples stomped their feet as they hooted and hollered their congratulations to the newlyweds. It was obvious to the pastor that they didn’t mind waiting a little longer.
Breathless and breathing hard, the just-married couple broke apart and ran from the small chapel, shouting their
