Wanderlust: A Holiday Story (A Heroes and Heartbreakers Original) Page 5

Downstairs, the grandfather clock began to strike midnight, heralding the start of a brand-new year, and a brand-new Chapter for Ruby and Ford. Strains of “Auld Lang Syne” drifted up through the rafters of the old building as she looked into his sea-foam eyes and saw all of the love she felt for him reflected right back at her. He’d been barely a man when he’d walked out of her life, but he was all grown up now, handing her his heart and asking her not to break it.

  “I’ve loved you for a lifetime, Ford,” she said, reaching out and stroking his face. “Welcome home.”

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  USA Today bestselling author Kitty French is a romance junkie—she loves to read it, watch it, and most of all, write it. Her steamy debut novels, the Knight series, hit the top of the Amazon erotic chart as women around the world fell in lust with the delicious Lucien Knight. Kitty also writes romantic comedy under the pseudonym Kat French, and she lives in England with her husband and two young sons. Visit her at: kittyfrench.blogspot.com or on Twitter @kittysbooks.

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  “Wanderlust” copyright © 2013 by Kitty French.

  All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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  eISBN 9781466849181

  First eBook Edition: November 2013