Flash Point
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The glorious feelings grew and swelled inside her, like he had given her the sun and the moon and the stars in one beautiful, glowing bouquet. Gripping his hand tightly, she looked up at him, love tingling like an electric charge through her body. Rejecting all the doubts and reservations, she promised, “Yes, Brad, I’ll marry you. I’ll be your wife and have our children and make a life with you. As long as you’re with me, I feel like I can do anything.”
He enveloped her in his one-armed embrace and sighed deeply. Emma rested her head on his uninjured shoulder, knowing that finally, at last, she was where she belonged. She had family and friends, a community, and a man who needed and loved her.
He raised his head suddenly with a gleam in his eye. “We could get married this weekend in Reno.”
Despite his expectant expression, Emma shook her head. “Brad, if I’m to be a member of your family and part of this community, I won’t start our life together without them. We will have a proper wedding right here in town. Your mother and sisters will help us set it up, and we’ll do it right.”
“Heaven help us. You’re sure?”
She knew he was asking about more than the wedding itself. He was asking if she would take the life they would build in Hangman’s Loss, a life that would include all the good and the bad, the highs and lows, of being husband and wife, family and community.
“Yes, I’m sure.”
“Good.” He grinned, then leaned down and captured her lips in a kiss that sealed the promise.
Come back to Hangman’s Loss. The High Sierras series continues with
Dead Giveaway.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
National Readers' Choice Award winner for her novel, Solitary Man, Diane Benefiel has been an avid reader all her life. She enjoys a wide range of genres, from westerns to fantasy to mysteries, but romance has always been a favorite. She writes what she loves best to read – emotional, heart-gripping romantic suspense novels. She likes writing romantic suspense because she can put the hero and heroine in all sorts of predicaments that they have to work together to overcome.
A native Southern Californian, Diane enjoys nothing better than summer. For a high school history teacher, summer means a break from teenagers, and summer allows her to spend her early mornings immersed in her current writing project. With both kids living out of the house, in addition to writing, she enjoys camping and gardening with her husband. Diane loves hearing from her readers.
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