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  Acknowledgments

  I wrote this book during a time of personal upheaval. Four close family members were diagnosed with serious medical illnesses in a short span, all while I was embarking on a journey to complete a 200-hour yoga teacher-training program. Honestly, as I look back, I have no idea how I managed to write this book, care for my family, and complete my teacher training. I attribute it to the Grace of God, my exceptional yoga instructors, and my fellow students.

  To the following people I owe a debt of innumerable gratitude.

  To my teachers: Sandra Vanatko, who created a safe haven in Indra’s Grace. She is a shining example of love in action. She walks the walk. John Stockberger, who challenged my misguided beliefs with a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye, and who saved my creative life. Jenny Reitz, who inspires me with her steadfast devotion. Nancy Deison for her wisdom, calmness, and rocking hot yoga bod. Karen Henckell for her grace, and style. Lisa Humphreys for her peacefulness, and because she smells so darn good. Suzanne Rockrock, our cheeriest cheerleader, and lover of baseball. Thank you!

  To my fellow students: Tara Tankersley, who is not only a fierce yoga warrior, but lots of fun to boot. Barbara Pursley for her commitment to animals and people alike. Caitlyn Rose, who is wise beyond her young years; I’ll never be as poised as she is. Jamie Cowan for sharing her special blessing with us. Patrick Gass, the lone yang to our many yins. You brought balance to our class. Linda Crownover who gives the best hugs! Jan Hicks for her sense of adventure, and willingness to try anything. Marty Hungate, a natural teacher with a spellbinding voice. Roberta Kirkpatrick for being real and speaking from the heart, and for snorting during closing circle. Cheryl Lambert, who is the most caring, gentle soul I have ever met. Marcy Akers Freeman for being willing to leap and trusting the net will appear. Amy Magga for her self-contained sensuousness. Lori Powell for her beautiful smile and nurturing heart. Kathy Presbaugh for her go-hung attitude, and looking incredible in wheel pose. Erika Swyryn, whose planning and organizational skills gave so much to our family group. Tai Tipton, who lovingly shares what she’s learned, and embodies the giving spirit of a true yogi. To Katherine Walker for her classy elegance.

  And lastly, but certainly not least, Vickie Nelms, who is one tough, smart, gutsy cookie, and a badass pediatric nurse. Thank you for being my partner-in-crime in Costa Rica.

  To each and every one of you, I send my deepest gratitude, and heartfelt blessings. I love you all!

  About the Author

  New York Times and USA Today bestselling author LORI WILDE has sold eighty works of fiction to four major New York publishing houses. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Texas Christian University and a certificate in forensic nursing from Kaplan University. She is a member of the International Association of Forensic Nurses.

  Her first New York Times bestseller and the third book in her Twilight, Texas series, The First Love Cookie Club, has been optioned for a television movie. The town of Granbury, Texas, upon which her fictional town of Twilight, Texas, is loosely based, honors Lori with an annual Twilight, Texas weekend each Christmas.

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  By Lori Wilde

  The Stardust, Texas Series

  Love of the Game

  Rules of the Game

  Back in the Game

  The Cupid, Texas Series

  Love with a Perfect Cowboy

  Somebody to Love

  All Out of Love

  Love at First Sight

  One True Love (a novella)

  The Jubilee, Texas Series

  A Cowboy for Christmas

  The Cowboy and the Princess

  The Cowboy Takes a Bride

  The Twilight, Texas Series

  A Wedding for Christmas

  I’ll Be Home for Christmas

  Christmas at Twilight

  The Valentine’s Day Disaster (a novella)

  The Christmas Cookie Collection

  The Christmas Cookie Chronicles:

  Carrie; Raylene; Christine; Grace

  The Welcome Home Garden Club

  The First Love Cookie Club

  The True Love Quilting Club

  The Sweethearts’ Knitting Club

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  The Stop the Wedding Series

  Crash Landing

  Smooth Sailing

  Night Driving

  The Uniformly Hot Series

  Born Ready

  High Stakes Seduction

  The Right Stuff

  Intoxicating

  Sweet Surrender

  His Final Seduction

  Zero Control

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  Excerpt from Million Dollar Cowboy copyright © 2017 by Laurie Vanzura.

  A Wedding for Christmas. Copyright © 2016 by Laurie Vanzura . All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  EPub Edition NOVEMBER 2016 ISBN: 9780062311467

  Print Edition ISBN: 9780062311450

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