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  Now Jesse is back, and every time she turns the corner he’s there—gazing at her with his smoldering eyes and tempting her with his kisses. Jesse has never played by the rules, and he’s made it clear that he’s not going to now. And Flynn, who’s always done just what her family, friends, and fellow knitters have told her to do, must finally break free and claim the love that binds Jesse to her heart.

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  The True Love Quilting Club

  The pattern of a quilt will always lead you back home.

  Trixie Lynn Parks changed her name to Emma, shook the dust of Twilight, Texas, off her shoes, and vowed to make it big in the city. But after twelve years of shattered dreams, she heads back to the ladies of the True Love Quilting Club … and to her first love, Sam Cheek.

  Some things—and some people—sure have changed. Sam has grown from a carefree boy to a single dad. And even though the chemistry between them sizzles hotter than ever, Trixie Lynn quickly discovers she must choose between the fame and fortune that have finally come her way—or the one true love, who has the power to mend her patchwork heart.

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  The First Love Cookie Club

  The top rules of the First Love Cookie Club: No men. No kids. No store-bought. No gossip!

  And no one is going to keep rule #4 now that local-gal-made-good Sarah Collier has reluctantly returned to Twilight, Texas. The once-awkward teenager has become a big-time success with her bestselling kids’ books. Now she’s come back home to grant one child a very special wish, even though her own heart was once broken by the little girl’s father, Travis Walker.

  This all makes Sarah wonder, even though you can go home again—should you? Every time she turns the corner, the memory of who she was hits her square in the face, and it isn’t pretty. But there’s magic in Twilight, Texas—the magic of friendship and the magic of love, if only Sarah would open her heart to it …

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  The Welcome Home Garden Club

  Traditional meaning of pink and white roses: I love you still and always will.

  Caitlyn Marsh stopped believing in happily-ever-after when her high school sweetheart, Gideon Garza, left for Iraq. Now she raises her small son while her matchmaking gardening club members drive her crazy. Then Caitlyn’s world turns upside-down when Gideon swaggers back to Twilight.

  Gideon had left town in the middle of night with threats ringing in his ears. A lot of things have changed since then. This bad boy–turned–Green Beret bears scars from the war, the timid girl he loved is an independent mother, and the father who refused to recognize his son in life has, in death, left him a vast cattle ranch.

  He still aches for Caitlyn, and now there’s a dark-haired boy who looks exactly like Gideon did at that age. Could the child be his? And can this war-weary soldier overcome the scars of the past to claim the family he so richly deserves?

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  The Christmas Cookie Chronicles

  There’s a legend in Twilight, Texas. It says that if on Christmas Eve you sleep with kismet cookies under your pillow and dream of your one true love, he will be your destiny.

  Four members of the Christmas Cookie Club discover the miracles of the season and the power of love.

  Carrie: Reconnects with her high school sweetheart … the only man she’s ever loved.

  Raylene: Discovers that the daughter she gave away at birth is living right in Twilight …

  Christine: Has given up on love … until the man of her dreams walks through her shop door.

  Grace: It’s Christmas Eve and Flynn and Jesse Calloway are thrilled to be expecting a new baby. Then Flynn’s car hits a patch of ice, and Jesse must move earth … and heaven … to save her and their unborn child.

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  Christmas at Twilight

  It’s Christmas in Twilight, Texas. The Cookie Club is baking, the town is decorated, and Delta Force Operator “Hutch” Hutchinson has finally, reluctantly, returned home …

  … only to get pepper sprayed by the delicious-looking stranger who’s taken over his house. She says her name is Jane, and she immediately sets down ground rules. Top priority: no touching. For Hutch that isn’t easy—he was wounded in action, but one part is still working very well.

  Then Hutch learns the truth. Jane harbors a frightening secret—she’s really Meredith Sommers, on the run from a dangerous ex-husband and desperately in need of the safety Hutch can provide. In that moment, he vows he’d do anything in his power to protect her. And as Christmas approaches, they discover that their love can conquer the past and overcome any obstacle—but what price will they pay?

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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  New York Times and USA Today bestselling author LORI WILDE has sold seventy-eight 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

  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

  I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

  CHRISTMAS AT TWILIGHT

  THE VALENTINE’S DAY DISASTER (a novella)

  THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE CHRONICLES:

  CARRIE; RAYLENE; CHRISTINE; GRACE

  Available in print as

  THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE COLLECTION

  THE WELCOME HOME GARDEN CLUB

  THE FIRST LOVE COOKIE CLUB

  THE TRUE LOVE QUILTING CLUB

  THE SWEETHEARTS’ KNITTING CLUB

  AVAILABLE FROM HARLEQUIN

  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.

  I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. Copyright © 2015 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 2015 ISBN: 9780062311429

  Print Edition ISBN: 9780062311412
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