...SUSAN BRACKEN Copyright © 2010 Susan Bracken. All rights reserved. No part of this print publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ... ..., mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. ISBN: 978-0-9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excludi... ...9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excluding the Appendix) is a work of fiction. Names, characters and events are a product of the author’s imag... ... Distributed in Canada by: David Edwards, RNU Press, Barrie ON; www.davids-books.com / www.rnupress.com and Ardith Publishing Services, London, ON; ww... ...h his friends, represented both a fantasy figure akin to the heroes in the books she read, and the embodiment of a so- cial life she herself could not... ...rs falling again on hot, red cheeks. Numb with self-loathing, she took her books up to her bed and lay down. This new hurt was tempered by the knowled... ... lot to think about. Thank 40 SUSAN BRACKEN you.” That evening Lacey made lists of expenses and weighed the pros and cons. Between her part-time job ... ...ved on to happier thoughts. Ruby and Pearl had remained on the best-seller lists for a whole year and the book became a series on HBO and TMN. In 2012...

... fame and riches as a popular author, and finds true love and happiness with wealthy entrepreneur, Jake Edmonds. Then cancer strikes. Lacey is afraid of the pain and indignity she thinks is coming and wants to die. Her beloved daughter, Jana, will help her. But her doctor does not approve. To complicate matters, Jana and the doctor are in love. Will Lacey get her wish?...