by Luanne Rice
“I think she has,” John said quickly.
“Remind me . . .” Kate said, smiling, to tease John.
“Okay. Who's the other person you loved enough to defend?” Maggie asked. “At the lighthouse?”
Kate just smiled. Maggie would have to wait a little longer for her to say the words out loud. Outside, the lighthouse beam flashed across the darkening sky, guiding sailors safely home from the sea. Matt was out there, and he'd follow the beacon straight to his two sisters.
Maggie's question hung in the air. Kate squeezed John's hand, and as their eyes met and held, she knew they had both learned a lot about finding what they'd thought they'd lost, about hearts that they had both sworn could never open again, about a time that was theirs alone.
It was the apogee. The tide was high, and Kate's heart was full.
The secret hour was here, right now.
about the author
LUANNE RICE is the author of The Secret Hour, True Blue, Summer Light, Safe Harbor, Firefly Beach, Dream Country, Follow the Stars Home, Cloud Nine, Home Fires, Secrets of Paris, Stone Heart, Angels All Over Town, Crazy In Love (made into a TNT Network feature film), and Blue Moon (made into a CBS television film) She lives in New York City and Old Lyme, Connecticut.
also by
LUANNE RICE
True Blue
Safe Harbor
Summer Light
Firefly Beach
Dream Country
Follow the Stars Home
Cloud Nine
Home Fires
Blue Moon
Secrets of Paris
Stone Heart
Crazy in Love
Angels All Over Town
THE SECRET HOUR
A Bantam Book / February 2003
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 2003 by Luanne Rice
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Rice, Luanne.
The secret hour / Luanne Rice.
p. cm.
I. Title.
PS3568.I289 S427 2003
813'.54—dc21 2002027985
eISBN: 978-0-553-89722-7
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