Can't Stop Loving You (20 page)

She’d worn the locket over her heart and
waited for him, waited seven long years. At first she could track
his quest for his father through his letters. Then the letters had
stopped.

And when he finally came, it was too
late.

She unsnapped the locket and looked at the
photograph—Hunter at eighteen, with his untamed black hair blown
even wilder by the ride on the ferris wheel, his arm thrown
carelessly across her shoulders as if he had no need to hold her
closer, as if he knew she would always be his. How they had laughed
when they crowded together in the cheap booth at the carnival and
posed for the photograph. Then, afterward, in the heated closeness
with the tinkling music of the carousel coming through the curtain,
they looked at each other and their laughter died.

“Kat,” he whispered with his cheek against
hers. “Will you love me forever?”

“Yes. Forever.”

His kiss set them off on a journey of frantic
exploration. A security guard had threatened to call the cops if
they didn’t come out.

Slowly Kathleen closed the locket. A breeze
from the Atlantic ruffled her hair and cooled her hot cheeks. She
carefully refolded the letter and slipped it into her pocket; then,
turning, she looked out across the sea. Somewhere in the distance
was Africa. And deep in its dark heart was Hunter La Farge.

Below decks, her husband would be glancing at
his watch, wondering what was taking her so long and trying to
decide whether to start the first course without her. If she didn’t
go down soon, he would come up to look for her.

She took one last, longing look across the
water, and then she turned her back on the sea and started below to
her husband.

The first explosion tilted the deck and
knocked her back against the railing. The second spewed fire into
the night sky.

“Hunter!” Kathleen screamed.

And then she was sucked into the center of
the holocaust.

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Coming spring of 2013 – (Forever Friends,
Books 3 & 4),
Bringing Up Baxter
and
Angels on
Zebras.

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If you loved the Forever Friends series, you
might also enjoy the 5-book Donovans of the Delta series and the
3-book Mississippi McGill series. All are romantic comedies.

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In a career that spans 28 years, the
Mississippi author has written 70 books. As Peggy Webb, she writes
romance and the hilarious Southern Cousins Mystery Series starring
Elvis, the basset hound who thinks he’s the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll
reincarnated. She writes literary fiction under the pen names Anna
Michaels (Simon & Schuster) and Elaine Hussey (
The Sweetest
Hallelujah
, MIRA, coming August 2013). This best-selling,
critically acclaimed author has won many awards, including a
Romantic Times Pioneer Award for creating the sub-genre of romantic
comedy. Several of her romances have been optioned for film.

The Tender Mercy of Roses, 2011,
written as Anna Michaels, is a Delta Magazine Top Five Pick, a
Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club Featured Alternate. Pat
Conroy, author of
The Prince of Tides,
calls it
“astonishing.”

Peggy is a member of Novelists, Inc.,
International Thriller Writers, and Romance Writers of America. She
is excited about bringing her romance classics (originally
published as Bantam
Loveswepts)
back to readers as
E-books. The award-winning
Touched by Angels
and
A
Prince for Jenny,
as well as the Donovans of the Delta series,
are Kindle Top 100 bestsellers.

Follow the author on her websites:
www.peggywebb.com
,
www.annamichaels.net
and,
www.elainehussey.com
and
on Facebook as both Peggy Webb and Anna Michaels.

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Classic Romance (originally published as
Loveswept)

Dark Fire

Touched by Angels
(RT Reviewer’s
Choice)

A Prince for Jenny,
sequel to
Touched
by Angels

The Edge of Paradise

Duplicity
(Rave review, RT Reviewer’s
Choice)

Where Dolphins Go (
RT Reviewer’s Choice,
women’s fiction, optioned for film)

Night of the Dragon
(time travel
romance)

Christmas in Time
(time travel, prequel to
Only Yesterday)

Only Yesterday,
(time travel, sequel to
Christmas in Time
)

Summer Jazz

Taming Maggie
(#1 on romance bestseller
list)

That Jones Girl
(sequel to the Mississippi
McGills)

The Donovans of the Delta Series:

Donovan’s Angel
(Paul Donovan’s story)

Sleepless Nights
(Tanner Donovan’s
story)

Hallie’s Destiny
(award winning book,
Hallie Donovan’s story)

Any Thursday
(Hannah Donovan’s story)

Higher Than Eagles
(Jacob Donovan’s
story)

The Mississippi McGills Series (spin-off from
Donovans of the Delta)

Valley of Fire (Rick McGill’s story)

Until Morning Comes (Jo Beth McGill and Colter
Gray Wolf’s story)

Saturday Mornings (Andrew McGill’s
story)

Forever Friends series

Can’t Stop Loving You (Book 1, Helen’s
story)

Only His Touch (Kat’s story, Book 2, available
now)

Bringing Up Baxter (B. J.’s story, Book 3,
coming spring, 2013)

Angels on Zebras (Maxie’s story, Book 4, coming
spring, 2013))

Romantic Suspense, originally published as Bantam
Fanfare

Witch Dance

From A Distance

E-books Coming Spring 2013

Bringing Up Baxter
and
Angels on
Zebras,
Books 3 and 4, Forever Friends series

Southern Cousins Mysteries, Peggy Webb (available in
print and e-books)

Published by Kensington

Elvis and the Dearly Departed, 2008

Elvis and the Grateful Dead, 2009

Elvis and the Memphis Mambo Murders,
2010

Elvis and the Tropical Double Trouble,
2011

Elvis and the Blue Christmas Corpse,
2012

Coming October, 2013

Southern Cousins Companion and Cookbook (digital
only)

Jack Loves Callie Tender (prequel to the series,
digital only)

Book Six of the
Southern Cousins
Mysteries

Novels written as Anna Michaels (available in
hardcover and e-book)

The Tender Mercy of Roses (
Gallery, Simon
& Schuster, May 17, 2011)

The Language of Silence
(Gallery, Simon
& Schuster, coming summer of 2013)

Novels written as Elaine Hussey

The Sweetest Hallelujah
(MIRA, August,
2013)