Meg and Jo

PRAISE FOR VIRGINIA KANTRA AND HER NOVELS

“Virginia Kantra delivers.”

—New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz

“It’s always a joy to read Virginia Kantra.”

—New York Times bestselling author JoAnn Ross

“Hums with the rhythm of life . . . I loved it.”

—Mariah Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of At the River’s Edge

“Intimate and inviting. . . . Contemporary romance at its most gratifying.”

—USA Today

“If you have not yet visited Virginia Kantra’s Dare Island, I enthusiastically encourage you to do so. . . . Learn why many readers, myself included, have fallen in love with these wonderful characters and the island they call home.”

—The Romance Dish

“A wonderful love story.”

—Fiction Vixen

“Her wonderful characters . . . engage and inspire me. . . . I love this series, and if you’re looking for solid romance with a generous helping of steam, Dare Island is a great place to get lost in.”

—The Bookish Babes

“A sizzling good time. Kantra’s story building is excellent.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Kantra is a sensitive writer with a warm sense of humor, a fine sense of sexual tension, and an unerring sense of place.”

—BookPage

Berkley titles by Virginia Kantra

Home Before Midnight

Close Up

Meg & Jo

THE CHILDREN OF THE SEA NOVELS

Sea Witch

Sea Fever

Sea Lord

Immortal Sea

Forgotten Sea

THE DARE ISLAND NOVELS

Carolina Home

Carolina Girl

Carolina Man

Carolina Blues

Carolina Dreaming

NOVELLAS

Midsummer Night’s Magic

Carolina Heart

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Copyright © 2019 by Virginia Kantra

Excerpt from Beth & Amy copyright © 2019 by Virginia Kantra

Readers guide copyright © 2019 by Virginia Kantra

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kantra, Virginia, author.

Title: Meg and Jo / Virginia Kantra.

Description: First edition. | New York: Berkley, 2019.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019022562 (print) | LCCN 2019022563 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593100349 (paperback) | ISBN 9780593100356 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PS3561.A518 M44 2019 (print) | LCC PS3561.A518

(ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019022562

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019022563

First Edition: December 2019

Cover design and illustrations by Colleen Reinhart

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.