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“Stop lusting after your own grandpa. You’re making me jealous.”

“Why, Dix, I didn’t know you cared.”

If she had caught the look he gave her in that moment, she would have known just how much.

But she’d gone back to gazing dreamily at the picture… at the lazy smile crooking Billy’s lips… the devilish spark in his long-lashed eyes…

Esme recoiled, blinking frantically. Shaken, she glanced over her shoulder at Dix. “I would have almost sworn he winked at me. Did you see…?”

“No, I most certainly did not,” Dix said, but his face was nearly as white as hers.

Esme slowly turned the picture over, her hands beginning to tremble again. Inscribed across the back of the photograph, in a woman’s elegant script, were two words. The ink might have faded, but the sentiment would surely endure forever.

Dix’s strong, warm arms went around her. He rested his cheek against hers as they whispered in unison, “My Darling.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author TERESA MEDEIROS was recently chosen one of the Top Ten Favorite Romance Authors by Affaire de Coeur magazine and won the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Historical Love and Laughter. A former Army brat and registered nurse, she wrote her first novel at the age of twenty-one and has since gone on to win the hearts of critics and readers alike. The author of thirteen novels, Teresa makes her home in Kentucky with her husband and two cats. Readers can visit her website at www.teresamedeiros.com.