That Summer In Maine. Muriel Jensen

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      Dear Reader,

      I celebrate twenty years of writing for Harlequin just as Harlequin’s American Romance line celebrates twenty years of publishing books for you. So how appropriate that my latest release, That Summer in Maine, is offered as part of American Romance’s 20th Anniversary Celebration.

      I feel a particular devotion to the line because of its promise to produce books about heart, home and happiness, because—given those ingredients—anything is possible. My life is a case in point.

      My mother died when I was four months old, and her sister and brother-in-law extended themselves to give me a home.

      In Los Angeles, a city of millions, the one man in the world who could understand my need for kids, cats and chocolate found me and offered me his heart.

      And when infertility threatened to deprive us of the children we wanted, we found three of them anyway—and all at once! Happiness!

      Everything you want is out there—you just have to believe in love. And read Harlequin American Romance for inspiration.

      My best wishes to you!

      Dear Reader,

      Welcome to another wonderful month at Harlequin American Romance. You’ll notice our covers have a brand-new look, but rest assured that we still have the editorial you know and love just inside.

      What a lineup we have for you, as reader favorite Muriel Jensen helps us celebrate our 20th Anniversary with her latest release. That Summer in Maine is a beautiful tale of a woman who gets an unexpected second chance at love and family with the last man she imagines. And author Sharon Swan pens the fourth title in our ongoing series MILLIONAIRE, MONTANA. You won’t believe what motivates ever-feuding neighbors Dev and Amanda to take a hasty trip to the altar in Four-Karat Fiancée.

      Speaking of weddings, we have two other tales of marriage this month. Darlene Scalera pens the story of a jilted bride on the hunt for her disappearing groom in May the Best Man Wed. (Hint: the bride may just be falling for her husband-to-be’s brother.) Dianne Castell’s High-Tide Bride has a runaway bride hiding out in a small town where her attraction to the local sheriff is rising just as fast as the flooding river.

      So sit back and enjoy our lovely new look and the always-quality novels we have to offer you this—and every—month at Harlequin American Romance.

      Best Wishes,

      Melissa Jeglinski

      Associate Senior Editor

      Harlequin American Romance

      That Summer in Maine

      Muriel Jensen

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      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Muriel Jensen and her husband, Ron, live in Astoria, Oregon, in an old foursquare Victorian at the mouth of the Columbia River. They share their home with a golden retriever/golden Labrador mix named Amber, and five cats who moved in with them without an invitation. (Muriel insists that a plate of Friskies and a bowl of water are not an invitation!)

      They also have three children and their families in their lives—a veritable crowd of the most interesting people and children. In addition, they have irreplaceable friends, wonderful neighbors and “a life they know they don’t deserve, but love desperately anyway.”

      Books by Muriel Jensen

      HARLEQUIN AMERICAN ROMANCE

      73—WINTER’S BOUNTY

      119—LOVERS NEVER LOSE

      176—THE MALLORY TOUCH

      200—FANTASIES AND MEMORIES

      219—LOVE AND LAVENDER

      244—THE DUCK SHACK AGREEMENT

      267—STRINGS

      283—SIDE BY SIDE

      321—A CAROL CHRISTMAS

      339—EVERYTHING

      392—THE MIRACLE

      414—RACING WITH THE MOON

      425—VALENTINE HEARTS AND FLOWERS

      464—MIDDLE OF THE RAINBOW

      478—ONE AND ONE MAKES THREE

      507—THE UNEXPECTED GROOM

      522—NIGHT PRINCE

      534—MAKE-BELIEVE MOM

      549—THE WEDDING GAMBLE

      569—THE COURTSHIP OF DUSTY’S DADDY

      603—MOMMY ON BOARD *

      606—MAKE WAY FOR MOMMY*

      610—MERRY CHRISTMAS, MOMMY!*

      654—THE COMEBACK MOM

      669—THE PRINCE, THE LADY & THE TOWER

      688—KIDS & CO.*

      705—CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY

      737—DADDY BY DEFAULT **

      742—DADDY BY DESIGN**

      746—DADDY BY DESTINY**

      756—GIFT-WRAPPED DAD

      798—COUNTDOWN TO BABY

      813—FOUR REASONS FOR FATHERHOOD

      850—FATHER FEVER**

      858—FATHER FORMULA**

      866—FATHER FOUND**

      882—DADDY TO BE DETERMINED**

      953—JACKPOT BABY

      965—THAT SUMMER IN MAINE

      Contents

       Prologue

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five