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Dear Reader,

I hope you enjoyed Chip and Callie’s story. The idea for it came about as a result of two incidents from my own family that dealt with infertility and adoption. Callie’s accident is based on my great-aunt’s experience. She was kicked by a mule when she was very young. As a result, she was unable to bear children. I asked myself what it would have been like for a woman in the 1870s to deal with such a diagnosis.

Adoption has played an important role in my own life. My mother was already pregnant with me when she began dating the man I knew as my father. Although she was young and had been pressured to give me away, she’d chosen to raise me herself, for which I’m very grateful. Since my parents married when I was a baby, I don’t remember life without Dad. I never considered him my stepfather, although legally that’s what he was. Thirty years after he came into my life, we entered the historic courthouse in my Gold Rush–era town, where he adopted me. That was a milestone day!

As I created this story, I asked myself what would happen if a woman who was given the same diagnosis my great-aunt received, and who embraced adoption as a way to form a family, was to meet a man intent upon having children of his own. The possibilities were intriguing, and the story took shape. Setting the story at the Double T, where my first Love Inspired Historical, Family of Her Dreams, took place, was fun. I enjoyed revisiting Spencer, Tess and their children.

I love hearing from readers. You can contact me through my website at www.keligwyn.com or write to me at PO Box 1404, Placerville, CA 95667.

Warmly,

Keli Gwyn