Dear friend, Where and when you least expect it…love is there. Revising these two stories was a pleasure—I hope you’ll enjoy reading them.

NO QUARTER ASKED Sometimes a woman needs time alone to slow down and think, really think, about everything—life, love, and the pursuit of happiness. That’s why Stacy Adams is heading for the Texas wilderness, content to be by herself…until a long shadow of horse and rider catches her eye. Rugged and sexy, rancher Cord Harris looks like the kind of man who could drive her crazy. In a good, good way.

FOR BITTER OR WORSE Wedding vows are quickly said—and the simple words come to mean far more as years go by. When Cord faces months of struggle to recover from a plane crash and spurns her help, Stacey’s heart is broken. But her love is stronger than his doubts. Both are about to find out that the sweet fire of passion can make a man whole again—and heal a marriage that was meant to last forever…

Remember, true love lasts. It’s time to get that feeling again…

My best always, Janet Dailey