Nora raised up on her toes. She looked left and right, up the square and down. Finally, just as she was about to give up, she saw a figure in the distance. She wore a beautiful, bright yellow dress just like one Mary owned. Even though she could only see her from behind, Nora was certain she’d know that body anywhere.

It would take a herculean effort to get from here to there, but they had time. In fact, they had all the time in the world. Nora pushed through the crowd, never losing sight of that girl—her girl—the one she would spend the rest of her life with.

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About the Author

Lynn Ames is the best-selling author of The Price of Fame, The Cost of Commitment, The Value of Valor, One ~ Love, Heartsong, Eyes on the Stars, Beyond Instinct, Above Reproach, All That Lies Within, Bright Lights of Summer, Final Cut, Great Bones, Chain Reactions, Secrets Well Kept, and one of five authors of the collection Outsiders. She also is the writer/director/producer of the history-making documentary, “Extra Innings: The Real Story Behind the Bright Lights of Summer.” This historically important documentary chronicles, for the first time ever in her own words, the real-life story of Hall-of-Famer Dot Wilkinson and the heyday of women’s softball.

Lynn’s fiction has garnered her a multitude of awards and honors, including five Goldie awards, the coveted Ann Bannon Popular Fiction Award (for All That Lies Within), and the Arizona Book Award for Best Gay/Lesbian book. Lynn is a two-time Lambda Literary Award (Lammy) Finalist, a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist, and winner of a Rainbow Award for Lesbian Romance. All That Lies Within was additionally honored as one of the top ten lesbian books of 2013.

Ms. Ames is the founder of Phoenix Rising Press. She is also a former press secretary to the New York state senate minority leader and spokesperson for the nation’s third-largest prison system. For more than half a decade, she was an award-winning broadcast journalist. She has been editor of a critically acclaimed national magazine and a nationally recognized speaker and public relations professional with a particular expertise in image, crisis communications planning, and crisis management.

For additional information please visit her website at www.lynnames.com, or e-mail her at [email protected]. You can also friend Lynn on Facebook and follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

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Phoenix, AZ