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Either Way He Was A Condemned Man. So here I sit, writing letters that have no hope of reaching you until I am free to deliver them myself. With luck, that will be soon. For your eighteenth birthday is coming, and I intend to be there, like I promised . . . For years, a trumped-up... read more

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  • Jax Winchester: T. Jackson Winchester the Second, best friend to Kevin; met Kelly when she was only 12; tall, six years older than Kelly, captured in Central America and imprisoned for 20 months, journalist, author
  • Kelly O'Brien: Recently divorced, finishing her college degree, would-be author, 23 years old, seven years since she'd seen Jax
  • Marcy Reynolds: Student photographer on the school's newspaper, where Kelly worked.
  • Kevin O'Brien: Kelly's older brother, protective, attended Boston College
  • Nolan and Lori O'Brien: Kelly's parents, loving people.
  • Christa: Lori's divorced sister, mother of three kids, lived with the O'Briens for a while
  • Brad: Kelly's ex-husband for less than three years; was unfaithful.
  • Jared and Carrie: Characters in Jax's Civil War book.
  • Stephanie: Jax's older sister
  • Emilio Dicarrio: The man Stephanie was interested in.
  • Ted Henderson: A teacher at Kelly's high school
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

Boston area/Cape Cod, Massachusetts Contemporary
  • Boston: Having been raised here, Kelly returned to the area to live after her divorce.
  • Kelly's apartment: Second floor of a three-family home on a quiet residential street in the Boston suburbs.
  • Cape Cod: An island off the state of Massachusetts. Jax had a modern house in Dennis, where the Winchester family had its estate.

First Sentence edit see section history

Kelly O'Brien lugged her heavy canvas bag of books into the back door of the university newspaper office.

Table of Contents edit see section history

15 numbered chapters

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1213 of 1061 in Silhouette Intimate Moments. (publisher series)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Suzanne Brockmann (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: SIM Apr.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0373272839
Page Count: 256

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Profanity. Sexual content.

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