Those hopeless dreams grew dimmer every day.

might fall in love with her and want to marry her. No chance of that, with just a bachelor’s degree, unless she taught adult education as an adjunct member of staff.

When the fall semester began, in August, she was going to have to pay tuition again as she worked on her master’s degree. She was going to need every penny she could get to make it through the summer. She should take them to the campus bookstore, she supposed, and resell them. Her pale green eyes searched for the last of her textbooks. Tellie pushed back her short, wavy dark hair and sighed. Sandy had already gone, off to England to continue her studies in medieval history. She looked around her dorm room sadly, remembering how happy she’d been here for four years, sharing with Sandy Melton, a fellow history major. It was one more heartbreak in a whole series of them in Tellie’s life that J.B. They’d cared enough to be here for her special day. None of them were related to Tellie, who was orphaned many years ago, but they were as close to her as sisters. Marge had, along with Dawn and Brandi, her two daughters. He hadn’t shown up for her graduation exercises. Tellie Maddox had her history degree, but she was feeling betrayed. Readers can find out more about her at her Web site, To Tara Gavin and Melissa Jeglinski, with love She has been married to James Kyle for more than twenty-five years, and they have one son. Diana’s hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music. With over 40 million copies of her books in print, Diana Palmer is one of North America’s most beloved authors and is considered one of the top ten romance authors in America. Has a gift for telling the most sensual tales with charm and humor. “This story is a thrill a minute-one of Ms. “No one beats this author for sensual anticipation.” “Palmer knows how to make the sparks fly…heartwarming.” Romantic Times BOOK reviews on Heartbreaker “Diana Palmer’s return to Jacobsville, Texas, and its unique denizens is a visit with an old friend.”

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