In Oregon's timber country, inside a smoky bar, stands proprietor Tory Duncan. Once a hair's breadth from the Miss America crown, she's still just as beautiful and still searching for happiness. Joe Brigham, a forthright and handsome man from a logging family, divorced, and father of one, regards her with a love deep and pure. But trading in her search for an uncertain future, no matter the joy Joe promises to provide, seems more than Tory can afford. AWARDS: Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Contemporary Romance REVIEWS: ..".rich and absorbing... a small-town atmosphere written to absolute perfection." Romantic Times "A homey, warm love story." Affaire de Coeur ..".about families, the ways they push us forward and the ways they hold us back, the ways we make our own families and give back to the families we are born to." Dear Author HOMETOWN MEMORIES, in order After All These Years Don't Forget to Smile Till the Stars Fall Again MEET KATHLEEN GILLES SEIDEL Award-winning author Kathleen Gilles Seidel still longs for the small Kansas hometown of her birth. To fill that longing, she builds her own small towns, filling their imaginary borders with strong robust characters seeking their own happily-ever-afters. Kathy lives outside of Washington, D.C. She and her late husband have two grown daughters.