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asked.
    â€œWhy would I argue with the man I love? Especially when he’s making sense for once.”
    Smiling, Case drew Sarah close and felt her love in the warmth of her lips against his chest.
    That was the way he fell asleep.
    Smiling.

Epilogue
    E mily Jane Maxwell was born in autumn, when cottonwood leaves turned the color of candle flames against the windswept sky. Case fashioned her cradle from the same golden wood he had cut to build a new house for his growing family. Emily’s first memory was of her father’s laughter as he lifted her toward the ceiling and spun her gently around.
    In the years that followed, more children came to Case and Sarah. Two more girls with deft hands and sharp tongues. Three tall boys who took endless delight in alternately teasing and protecting their sisters.
    Conner left his nieces and nephews long enough to get the education that Sarah had wanted for him. He returned to Lost River ranch with a bride. In time the valley was filled with the quick arguments and ringing laughter of more children.
    Through all the natural sorrows and joys of living, Case and Sarah’s love increased. Their union was a fire in all seasons, gentle and fierce, intense and serene, a radiance that warmed and gave life to everything it touched.

About the Author
    ELIZABETH LOWELL’s acclaimed suspense novels include the New York Times bestsellers The Color of Death , Die in Plain Sight , Moving Target , Running Scared , and four books featuring the Donovan family, Amber Beach , Jade Island , Pearl Cove , and Midnight in Ruby Bayou . Lowell has more than thirty million books in print. She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband, with whom she writes mystery novels under a pseudonym. Visit her website at www.elizabethlowell.com.
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    â€œLOWELL REMAINS TRUE TO HER FANS AND HER GENRE IN THIS EPIC HISTORICAL NOVEL.”
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By Elizabeth Lowell
    D EATH I S F OREVER • A LWAYS T IME TO D IE
    T HE C OLOR OF D EATH • D IE IN P LAIN S IGHT
    R UNNING S CARED • M OVING T ARGET
    M IDNIGHT IN R UBY B AYOU • P EARL C OVE
    J ADE I SLAND • A MBER B EACH
    Â 
    W INTER F IRE • A UTUMN L OVER
    E NCHANTED • F ORBIDDEN • U NTAMED
    O NLY L OVE • O NLY Y OU
    O NLY M INE • O NLY H IS

    E DEN B URNING • T HIS T IME L OVE
    B EAUTIFUL D REAMER • R EMEMBER S UMMER
    D ESERT R AIN • W HERE THE H EART I S
    T O THE E NDS OF THE E ARTH • L OVER IN THE R OUGH
    A W OMAN W ITHOUT L IES • F ORGET M E N OT

Copyright
    This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
    WINTER FIRE . Copyright © 1996 by Two of a Kind, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
    EPub © Edition MAY 2006 ISBN: 9780061757624
    Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 96-19220
ISBN: 0-380-77583-2
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