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“Trust me, Dulcie,” Cal said softly.
“I want to…” Dulcie began. It was time to admit the truth.
He rested his hand gently along the side of her face, loving the softness of her skin beneath his fingertips. He felt a flicker of hope. He would move slowly, patiently, so as not to frighten her again. “I can help you, Dulcie. Just tell me everything.”
Her body strained toward his, and without realizing it, she lifted her face to him, hungry for the taste of his lips.
He stood very still, staring down into her eyes. But he made no move to kiss her.
She felt a wave of bitter disappointment. She had hoped to be able to lose herself in the mindless pleasure of passion. But he was not offering her passion.
What he was offering was trust.
And she knew with certainty that once he learned the truth he would turn away from her forever….
Bride’s Bay Resoit
Dear Reader,
In this, the last in the Bride’s Bay series for Harlequin, I take you back to the beginning. A country torn apart by bitter civil war. A South caught in the grip of death and destruction. And people, all hiding secrets, desperate to escape the insanity, who find not only purpose in their lives but also a measure of peace, joy and, most of all, love.
Dulcie’s Gift
Ruth Langan
traces her ancestry to Scotland and Ireland. It is no surprise, then, that she feels a kinship with the characters in her historical novels.
Married to her childhood sweetheart, she has raised five children and lives in Michigan, the state where she was born and raised.
To Anne Catherine Langan
Our newest blessing.
And her big brother, Tommy.
And her proud parents, Tom and Maureen.
And, of course, to Tom
Always to Tom.
South Carolina
Spring, 1865
The ragged band of women and children broke free of the underbrush and stumbled toward the shore.
Dulcie, the group’s acknowledged leader, spotted