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Dear Readers,

I can’t tell you how glad I am to be writing books again and enjoying my new way of life to the fullest. The last two years have been difficult ones. I was diagnosed with an early stage carcinoma just outside my pancreas in late 2015. Seems that’s not a good spot to have cancer. The only way to remove it was with a Whipple surgery, which is called the bad, bad, bad surgery. Very dangerous and difficult to recover from.

I underwent the surgery in October of that year. I don’t remember a lot about those first six months, but I can tell you it wasn’t fun. Spent many months in rehab, regaining my ability to eat by mouth after several months with a stomach tube. Lost forty-five pounds. Was as weak as a kitten and stupid from pain meds. Got home safe and had to completely change my way of eating, when I could stomach the thought of food.

I started five months of chemo and God, in all His mercy, saw me through that scary period of my life. What a privilege it was to pray for others as they were fighting the good fight. The chemo made me sick, but I didn’t lose all my hair. Somehow, that seemed so important at the time. The chemo also gave me “chemo brain,” which kept me from writing for ages. I just couldn’t concentrate and not writing didn’t make me happy. I longed to be back in Pinecraft, finishing Verity and Leviticus’s story.

As you can see by the book in your hand, I did finish their story, and am so thrilled to say I’m in the middle of book three of the Pinecraft Homecomings series. I’m still dealing with brain fog at times. I can tell you there’s no one more miserable than a writer who can’t think clearly enough to plot and write.

To God be all the glory as He heals me! To my editors, I say a heartfelt thank you and God bless you for your prayers and patience. Not having a deadline helped take away some of the stress. For all my family who prayed for me, to the people on Facebook who kept me in constant prayer, I say, thank you! My body scans are coming back clean.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the romance between Leviticus and Verity. Please keep an eye open for my final book in the Pinecraft Homecomings series. It’s slow going, but God in His mercy, is allowing me to continue with life and my love of writing. Thank you all for being faithful readers of my work.

Believe in His mercy, for He is faithful,

Cheryl Williford