Finding Stefanie

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Finding Stefanie

Copyright © 2008 by Susan May Warren. All rights reserved.

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This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Warren, Susan, date.

  Finding Stefanie / Susan May Warren.

    p. cm. -- (Noble legacy ; 3.)

  ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1019-0 (pbk.)

  ISBN-10: 1-4143-1019-6 (pbk.)

  1. Ranchers—Montana—Fiction. 2. Children of the rich—Fiction. 3. Actors—Fiction. 4. Montana--Fiction. 5. Domestic fiction. I. Title.

  PS3623.A865F56 2008

  813′.6—dc22 2007051712

ISBN 978-1-4143-2864-5 (ePub); ISBN 978-1-4143-2863-8 (Kindle); ISBN 978-1-4143-7298-3 (Apple)

For Your glory, Lord

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CKNOWLEDGMENTS

I’m always amazed at the willingness of my friends and family—and even readers—to open their hearts to me. I sometimes ask personal questions, and they offer me advice and guidance to their close-to-the-heart issues in order to help me to write an accurate story. Their trust in me is humbling. My hope is that they believe, along with me, that a fiction story will touch lives and point people to their Savior. Stories of faith could not be told without their honesty and vulnerability, and I’m deeply grateful for their willingness to lay on the altar their personal struggles. May the Lord bless you all more than you can imagine.

Among those who helped me with
Finding Stefanie
, I want to particularly thank the following people: Tim and Michele Nickolay, Allan and Jan Lloyd, Jane Howard, Sharron McCann, Rachel Hauck, Christine Lynxwiler, Susan Downs, my family at First Baptist Church, Ellen Tarver, Karen Watson, Stephanie Broene, Lorie Popp, Andrew Warren, and especially the Warren kids, who make coming out of my office to greet them after school the best moment of my day.

Thank you all for teaming with me on this book, on this series, and in my life. I’m so grateful for all you do to bless me.