Heart of Glass (38 page)
Authors: Jill Marie Landis
“You’ve already given me everything my heart has desired and more.”
He took her hand in his and slipped his great-grandmother’s ring on her finger. “At last you have a wedding ring.”
She gazed at the sparkling sapphire and diamonds.
“It’s beautiful, but you know I was perfectly happy without it.”
“You shine brighter than any diamond, Kate. You’re my light and my love.”
“And you are mine.” Kate admired the ring again and smiled. “It fits perfectly.”
“Of course,” Colin said as he shrugged. “It’s been waiting for you.”
JILL MARIE LANDIS is the bestselling author of over twenty-five novels. She has won numerous awards for her sweeping emotional romances, such as Summer Moon and Magnolia Creek. With her toes in the sand and head in the clouds, Jill now lives in Hawaii with her husband, Steve.
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She had the darkest of pasts. And he had everything to lose by loving her.
Laura Foster, free from the bondage of an unspeakable childhood, has struggled to make a new life for herself. Now the owner of an elegant boardinghouse in Glory, Texas, she is known as a wealthy, respectable widow. But Laura never forgets that she is always just one step ahead of her past.
When Reverend Brand McCormick comes calling, Laura does all she can to discourage him as a suitor. She knows that if her past were discovered, Brand’s reputation would be ruined. But it’s not only Laura’s past that threatens to bring Brand down — it’s also his own.
When a stranger in town threatens to reveal too many secrets, Laura is faced with a heartbreaking choice: Should she leave Glory forever and save Brand’s future? Or is it worth risking his name — and her heart — by telling him the truth?
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Raised in a tribe of street urchins, Maddie Grande was taught to be a thief and beggar on the streets of New Orleans. But Maddie doesn’t know her real name or where she came from.
Raised by Dexter Grande, Maddie and her twin “brothers” have recently left New Orleans and moved to the bayou. The twins are rarely there, but Maddie has come to love the swamp. She has learned to fish and trap and sell pelts at the local mercantile.
Maddie longs to change her life but knows that her brothers will never give up their lawless ways. When they kidnap the daughter of a wealthy carpetbagger, the twins force Maddie to hide the precocious eight-year-old while they return to New Orleans to wait for notice of a reward.
Pinkerton agent Tom Abbott is assigned to the kidnapping case, in which Maddie has become an accomplice. In a journey that takes them to Baton Rouge, a mutual attraction becomes evident, but Tom and Maddie cannot trust each other.
Will Maddie ever discover who she is? Will her real family ever find her? Will Maddie and Tom listen to their hearts? Or will they choose honor over love?
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Heart of Stone
Heart of Lies
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Heart of Glass
Copyright © 2011 by Jill Marie Landis
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Landis, Jill Marie.
Heart of glass : a novel / Jill Marie Landis.
p. cm. — (Irish angel series; bk. 3)
1. Irish — United States — Fiction. 2. Plantations — Louisiana — History — 19th century — Fiction. I. Title.
PS3562.A4769H423 2012
813’.54 — dc22
2011049848
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