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The Orion Publishing Group Ltd
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My ongoing love and thanks to
Iris Johansen and Kay Hooper, and a big special hug to Linda Howard for a terrific twist.
Present Becca was watching an afternoon soap opera she’d seen off and on since she was a kid. She found herself wondering if she would ever have a child who needed a heart transplant one month and a new kidney the next, or a husband who wouldn’t be faithful to her for longer than it took a new woman to look in his direction.
