Modean Moon - Forgotten Vows

Cover Page

Excerpt “Do I Know You?” Jennie Asked. Did she? Had she ever really known him? “Once…” Edward said, swallowing back every angry word he’d ever wanted to hurl at her, gentling his voice as he gentled his words. She tightened her hand on his. “Before?” “Yes,” he said, knowing instinctively that she meant before whatever had brought her to Avalon. Tears trembled on her lashes, and her soft lower lip quivered slightly. “Who are you?” she asked, grasping his arm. “Who am I?” Edward covered her hand with his. How could he tell her she was his wife and that he desperately wanted her back? * * * “Ms. Moon writes with a spellbinding intensity that will keep you up till the wee hours of the morning until the last page is turned.” —Romantic times

Dear Reader Dear Reader, Can you believe that for the next three months we’ll be celebrating the publication of the 1000th Silhouette Desire? That’s quite a milestone! The festivities begin this month with six books by some of your longtime favorites and exciting new names in romance. We’ll continue into next month, May, with the actual publication of Book #1000—by Diana Palmer—and then we’ll keep the fun going into June. There’s just so much going on that I can’t put it all into one letter. You’ll just have to keep reading! This month we have an absolutely terrific lineup, beginning with Saddle Up, a MAN OF THE MONTH by Mary Lynn Baxter. There’s also The Groom, J Presume? — the latest in Annette Broadrick’s DAUGHTERS OF TEXAS miniseries. Father of the Brat launches the new FROM HERE TO PATERNITY miniseries by Elizabeth Bevarly, and Forgotten Vows by Modean Moon is the first of three books about what happens on THE WEDDING NIGHT. Lass Small brings us her very own delightful sense of humor in A Stranger in Texas. And our DEBUT AUTHOR this month is Anne Eames with Two Weddings and a Bride. And next month, as promised, Book #1000, a MAN OF THE MONTH, Man of Ice by Diana Palmer! Lucia Macro, Senior Editor Please address questions and book requests to: Silhouette Reader Service U.S.: 3010 Walden Ave, P.O. Box 1325, Buffalo, NY 14269 Canadian: P.O. Box 609, Fort Erie, Ont L2A SX3

Title Page Forgotten Vows Modean Moon www.millsandboon.co.uk

About The Author MODEAN MOON once believed she could do anything she wanted. Now she realizes there is not enough time in one life to do everything. As a result, she says her writing is a means of exploring paths not taken. Currently she works as a land-title researcher, determining land or mineral ownership for clients. Modean lives in Oklahoma on a hill overlooking a small town. She shares a restored Victorian farmhouse with a six-pound dog, a twelvepound cat, and, reportedly, a resident ghost.

Dear Reader Dear Reader, When asked to participate in the celebration of the one thousandth Silhouette Desire, I was honored. As a writer, I am relatively new to the line, but as a reader, I have been around since the beginning—as have many of you. A thousand books? It didn’t feel like nearly that many when I was anxiously waiting for the next month’s selection because I had already read the current month’s. Did it feel that way to you? All I ever really wanted to do was tell stories. My favorite picture of me is at about age three, in the front yard with my dolls all lined up—a captive audience, indeed—to listen to the latest of my tales. Today I feel the same sense of wonder when I complete a story. And now, my readers can talk to me. When I receive a letter from Barbara or Martha or Lulu or you telling me how much you liked that story, or when you silently tell me by buying my book, I feel just like that delighted three-year-old in her short skirt and Mary Janes. Thank you, Desire, for making that possible. As a writer, I feel constrained to be quiet and professional as I express my appreciation for the way my work has been received. But as a reader who still eagerly awaits the great selection of stories and characters and emotions available to us each month between these familiar red covers, what I most want to say is “Way to go, Desire! May there be many thousands more!” Best wishes,

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Copyright

Did she? Had she ever really known him?

“Once…” Edward said, swallowing back every angry word he’d ever wanted to hurl at her, gentling his voice as he gentled his words.

She tightened her hand on his. “Before?”

“Yes,” he said, knowing instinctively that she meant before whatever had brought her to Avalon.

Tears trembled on her lashes, and her soft lower lip quivered slightly. “Who are you?” she asked, grasping his arm. “Who am I?”

Edward covered her hand with his. How could he tell her she was his wife and that he desperately wanted her back?

* * *

“Ms. Moon writes with a spellbinding intensity that will keep you up till the wee hours of the morning until the last page is turned.”

—Romantic times

Can you believe that for the next three months we’ll be celebrating the publication of the 1000th Silhouette Desire? That’s quite a milestone! The festivities begin this month with six books by some of your longtime favorites and exciting new names in romance.

We’ll continue into next month, May, with the actual publication of Book #1000—by Diana Palmer—and then we’ll keep the fun going into June. There’s just so much going on that I can’t put it all into one letter. You’ll just have to keep reading!

This month we have an absolutely terrific lineup, beginning with Saddle Up, a MAN OF THE MONTH by Mary Lynn Baxter. There’s also The Groom, J Presume? — the latest in Annette Broadrick’s DAUGHTERS OF TEXAS miniseries. Father of the Brat launches the new FROM HERE TO PATERNITY miniseries by Elizabeth Bevarly, and Forgotten Vows by Modean Moon is the first of three books about what happens on THE WEDDING NIGHT. Lass Small brings us her very own delightful sense of humor in A Stranger in Texas. And our DEBUT AUTHOR this month is Anne Eames with Two Weddings and a Bride.

And next month, as promised, Book #1000, a MAN OF THE MONTH, Man of Ice by Diana Palmer!

Lucia Macro,

Senior Editor

Please address questions and book requests to:

Silhouette Reader Service

U.S.: 3010 Walden Ave, P.O. Box 1325, Buffalo, NY 14269

Canadian: P.O. Box 609, Fort Erie, Ont L2A SX3

www.millsandboon.co.uk

once believed she could do anything she wanted. Now she realizes there is not enough time in one life to do everything. As a result, she says her writing is a means of exploring paths not taken. Currently she works as a land-title researcher, determining land or mineral ownership for clients. Modean lives in Oklahoma on a hill overlooking a small town. She shares a restored Victorian farmhouse with a six-pound dog, a twelvepound cat, and, reportedly, a resident ghost.

When asked to participate in the celebration of the one thousandth Silhouette Desire, I was honored. As a writer, I am relatively new to the line, but as a reader, I have been around since the beginning—as have many of you.