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Authors: Julie Lessman
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Dare to Love Again (The Heart of San Francisco Book #2): A Novel (40 page)
He laughed and deposited a kiss to her nose. “Yes, ma’am, it does,” he said with a grin, hooking her arm to usher her home. “And you can bet your sweet stick on that.”
To my incredible reader friends—when people ask what’s the best thing about being an author, YOU are the very first answer that comes to mind. It’s a privilege and joy to be both your friend and an author you read.
To Darla Montesion, Erica Hogan, Angi Griffis, Heidi Abbott, Shannon Murphy, Emily Reilly, and Kara Grant—winners of my newsletter contest to have a character named after them in this book—thank you from the bottom of my heart, not only for your boundless enthusiasm and support, but your precious friendship.
To my agent Natasha Kern and my editor Lonnie Hull DuPont—two of God’s many (and most patient) touches in my life—thank you for your faith in me.
To the great team at Revell, true professionals all—thank you for all you do. A special hug to Michele Misiak for her kindness and patience, to Cheryl Van Andel and Jones House Creative for their great covers, and to the best copy editor in the world, Barb Barnes, and her very thorough sidekick, Julie Davis—you guys make editing an absolute pleasure.
To my precious prayer partners and best friends, Joy Bollinger, Karen Chancellor, and Pat Stiehr—I would be lost without you.
To my sisters, Dee Dee, Mary, Rosie, Susie, Ellie, and Katie, for your love and prayers, and to my sisters-in-law, Diana, Mary, and Lisa—family just doesn’t get any better than you.
In loving memory of my sister, Pat, and my mother-in-law, Leona—we love and miss you more than we can say.
To my daughter, Amy; son, Matt; daughter-in-law, Katie; and precious,
precious
granddaughter, Rory—along with God and my husband, you are my life.
To Keith Lessman, the man I love with every fiber of my being—never in all my dreams of romance did I ever believe I would feel so cherished and loved. I’ve said it before, babe, and I’ll say it again—I don’t deserve you.
And to the God of Love who taught me that love is never a dare when HE is involved—I will love You and worship You all the days of my life.
Award-winning author of the Daughters of Boston and Winds of Change series,
Julie Lessman
was American Christian Fiction Writers 2009 Debut Author of the Year and voted #1 Romance Author of the year in
Family Fiction
magazine’s 2012 and 2011 Readers Choice Awards. She has also garnered 15 RWA awards and made
Booklist
’s 2010 Top 10 Inspirational Fiction. Her ebook
A Light in the Window
is an International Digital Awards winner, a 2013 Readers’ Crown Award winner, and a 2013 Book Buyers Best Finalist. You can contact Julie and read excerpts from her books at
www.julielessman.com
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A Passion Most Pure
A Passion Redeemed
A Passion Denied
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A Hope Undaunted
A Heart Revealed
A Love Surrendered
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Love at Any Cost
Dare to Love Again
