To Love and to Cherish (35 page)

He said, “It was very much my pleasure.” They both looked away, then back. He put out his hand. She hesitated for a second, then took it, and he helped her to her feet.

Patricia Gaffney
is a
New York Times
bestselling author and six-time RITA nominee for her historical romances and winner of the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award. She worked as a high school English teacher and a court reporter before pursuing a full-time career as a novelist. She lives in southern Pennsylvania with her husband.