Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind

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by Alexandra Ripley


  He looked down at her, the corners of his mouth quivering with amusement. “Tell me the truth on this first morning of our new life together, Scarlett. Do you love me with your whole heart, or did you simply want me because you couldn’t have me?”

  “Why, Rhett, what a nasty thing to say! I love you with all my heart and I always will.”

  The pause before Scarlett answered his question was so infinitesimal that only Rhett could have heard it. He threw his head back and roared with laughter. “My beloved,” he said, “I can see that our lives are never going to be dull. I can hardly wait to get started.”

  A small grimy hand tugged on his trousers. Rhett looked down.

  “Cat will go with you,” said his daughter.

  He lifted her to his shoulder, his eyes glistening with emotion. “Are you ready, Mrs. Butler?” he asked Scarlett. “The blockades are waiting for us.”

  Cat laughed gleefully. She looked at Scarlett with eyes that were bright with shared secrets. “The old ladder is under my quilts, Momma. Grainne told me to save it.”

  GREAT ACCLAIM FOR Scarlett

  “Fun… entertaining… absorbing.”

  —People

  “Alexandra Ripley is true to Scarlett’s spirit and to Rhett’s. Her sense of Mitchell’s style is right on target.”

  —Chicago Tribune

  “Adds new zest to a much-loved classic… Ripley keeps the pace going.”

  —San Francisco Chronicle

  “Popular entertainment of the highest order… The narrative has real bite. Ripley’s hard work, research, and writerly competence shines through… She is a skilled professional storyteller… Characters are well-rounded and vital… a complex, compelling adventure. The heroine of this story… is Ripley’s. And she lives.”

  —Orlando Sentinel

  “A real page-turner… Ripley has remained true to Mitchell.”

  —Gannett News Service

  “Ripley is…[an] American Rosamund Pilcher.”

  —Cleveland Plain Dealer

  “As good as romance novels come.”

  —Chattanooga Times

  “Captivating.”

  —Ladies Home Journal

  “Evokes the swift pace, the endearing characters, and the vibrant regional color and history of the original.”

  —Grand Rapids Press

  Contents

  Front Cover Image

  Welcome

  Lost in the Dark

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  High Stakes

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  New Life

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Chapter 44

  Chapter 45

  Chapter 46

  The Tower

  Chapter 47

  Chapter 48

  Chapter 49

  Chapter 50

  Chapter 51

  Chapter 52

  Chapter 53

  Chapter 54

  Chapter 55

  Chapter 56

  Chapter 57

  Chapter 58

  Chapter 59

  Chapter 60

  Chapter 61

  Chapter 62

  Chapter 63

  Chapter 64

  Chapter 65

  Chapter 66

  Chapter 67

  Chapter 68

  Chapter 69

  Chapter 70

  Chapter 71

  Chapter 72

  Chapter 73

  Chapter 74

  Chapter 75

  Chapter 76

  Chapter 77

  Chapter 78

  Chapter 79

  Chapter 80

  Chapter 81

  Chapter 82

  Chapter 83

  Chapter 84

  Chapter 85

  Chapter 86

  Chapter 87

  Chapter 88

  Chapter 89

  Great Acclaim for Scarlett

  Copyright

  Copyright

  Copyright © 1991 by Stephens Mitchell Trusts

  Book design by Giorgetta Bell McRee

  All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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  First e-book edition: November 2011

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  ISBN 978-0-446-50297-9

 

 

 


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