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Chapters (42)
  1. Cover Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Dear Friend
  4. One
  5. Two
  6. Three
  7. Four
  8. Five
  9. Six
  10. Seven
  11. Eight
  12. Nine
  13. Ten
  14. Eleven
  15. Twelve
  16. Thirteen
  17. Fourteen
  18. Fifteen
  19. Sixteen
  20. Seventeen
  21. Eighteen
  22. Nineteen
  23. Twenty
  24. Twenty-One
  25. Twenty-Two
  26. Twenty-Three
  27. Twenty-Four
  28. Twenty-Five
  29. Twenty-Six
  30. Twenty-Seven
  31. Twenty-Eight
  32. Twenty-Nine
  33. Thirty
  34. Thirty-One
  35. Thirty-Two
  36. Thirty-Three
  37. Acknowledgments
  38. Reading Group Guide
  39. An Excerpt from the Goodbye Bride
  40. Chapter 1
  41. Chapter 2
  42. About the Author

Even if it did, there was no way he could trust the media. They were sharks, out for their scoop and willing to trample anything that stood between them and their prey. Even if Lucas could somehow convey his feelings to the media, they would twist it and warp it and use it to hurt Kate.

But what if he contacted Kate’s publicity woman, Pam? Maybe he could bounce the idea off her without letting Kate know. She could help him work out some kind of interview.

At the thought, his nerves began to clatter. Just as quickly they calmed and a familiar feeling of peace settled over him.

God? Is this your answer?

Last time he’d taken that peace for an answer, he’d tumbled headlong into a disaster. Their marriage had done nothing but hurt Kate.

Or had it?

Was it possible God had led them to this very moment? That He’d been planning all along to work this together for good?

Hope sprung from deep inside, flooding through him. Maybe it wasn’t too late after all.

Thirty-One

Thirty-One

Love is always a risk.

—Excerpt from Finding Mr. Right-for-You by Dr. Kate

“I’m going to the grocery, Dad.” Kate shut the dishwasher, latched it closed, and pushed the button to start it. It whirred into action.

In the living room, her dad turned on the TV to a Taco Bell commercial. He reached for his wallet. “Here, let me pay this time.” Kate waved him off. “I got it.” She picked up her pocketbook. It was the least she could do when he was letting her stay there until she found a place. She had a nice nest egg in her savings account. “I might run by that apartment on—” “Kate.” Her dad turned up the TV’s volume.

Kate followed his widened eyes to the screen. Lucas. Lucas was on TV. He wore a suit and tie. Her breath caught.

“—happened between Dr. Kate and her Mr. Right?”

The screen changed to show NewsWire correspondent Nancy Lopez. “Can you tell us how you came to be married to Dr. Kate?”

There was a quick clip of Lucas shrugging, a mischievous look on his face; then the camera cut to Nancy.

“Dr. Kate has been ridiculed for entering a marriage as if it were a business arrangement. Was it really a loveless marriage?”

The camera cut to Lucas. “Funny you should ask that.” He gave his charming half-grin.

The NewsWire logo appeared on the screen and a voiceover sounded. “Everyone wants to know why renowned columnist Dr. Kate married Mr. Wright, and NewsWire has the exclusive. Tune in tomorrow night at ten o’clock Eastern Standard Time.”

Another commercial started and her dad turned down the volume. Kate sank onto the couch, numb. I don’t understand. Why God? Just when the scandal died down, he went and brought it to the surface again.