Judith Ivory (36 page)

Authors: Untie My Heart

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A big hug and thank-you to my brother, Gary, and his wife, Mary, who let me live with them in Yorkshire while researching this book, took off time from their own work, carted me around, and especially to Mary who, even after I’d gone home, would research things for me via e-mail about her beloved England. A special thank-you to both of you for “suffering” through all the rock and roll, teasing, laughter, and champagne as we trekked together from one end of the Yorkshire countryside to the other.

Also I wish to thank author pal Jennifer Crusie, who graciously shared with me her research of confidence artists (not to mention discussions of scams, literature, politics, kids, house-building, Walking Ware, Pat’s dreams, Finney, Wolfie, Mose, the rest of the pack, parakeets, and toasters, etc.). Several of the research titles I used to produce my book came from Jenny’s hard work in gathering appropriate material as she herself wrote her own version of a confidence game story,
Faking It
. Is it coincidence or something cosmic that good friends would suddenly begin books on the same topic without mentioning it or realizing it for weeks?

About the Author

JUDITH IVORY’s
work has won numerous awards, including Romance Writers of America’s RITA, Top Ten Books of the Year, and
Romantic Times
Reviewer’s Choice. Judith holds two degrees in mathematics. The Romance Reader and All About Romance websites list her books among the “Top 100 Romances Ever Written.” To contact Ms. Ivory, you may write to: P.O. Box 56-5484, Miami, FL 33256. For more information, visit her website at www.judithivory.com.

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Resounding
praise
for the remarkable
RITA Award
-winning author
JUDITH IVORY

“An excellent author.”

Dallas Morning News

“An extremely talented writer with a distinct voice.”

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“One of the most talented fiction writers working in historical romance…One of those writers who not only delights readers but also inspires awe and envy in fellow writers.”

Albany Times-Union

“Judith Ivory writes lush, lyrical romance that seethes with passionate intensity.”

Amanda Quick

“She’s fresh. I love her books. There’s no one else writing like her in the genre.”

Patricia Gaffney

“Judith Ivory understands sexual tension the way Neil Simon understands comedy.”

LaVyrle Spencer

“Ivory’s writing is exceptional.”

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Other Avon Romances by
Judith Ivory

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EAST

B
LACK
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ILK

T
HE
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NDISCRETION

T
HE
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ROPOSITION

S
LEEPING
B
EAUTY

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

UNTIE MY HEART. Copyright © 2002 by Judith Ivory, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub Edition © JUNE 2007 ISBN: 9780061842153

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