A Christmas Reunion
By Donna Hatch
3.5/5
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Donna Hatch
Donna Hatch is the award-winning author of the best-selling “Rogue Hearts Series” and more than 25 published titles. A hopeless romantic and adventurer at heart, she discovered her writing passion at the tender age of 8. She juggles writing, freelance editing, multiple volunteer positions, and speaking at workshops and conferences. Both natives of Arizona, she and her husband of over thirty years have raised 6 children together and are living proof that there really is a happily ever after.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was a gentle little story. The characters speak like they live in the modern day, though, which detracts from the story.
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A Christmas Reunion - Donna Hatch
Inc.
A Christmas Reunion
by
Donna Hatch
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either 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.
A Christmas Reunion
COPYRIGHT © 2014 by Donna Hatch
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author or The Wild Rose Press, Inc. except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
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Cover Art by Tina Lynn Stout
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Publishing History
First English Tea Rose Edition, 2014
Digital ISBN 978-1-62830-525-8
Published in the United States of America
Praise for Donna Hatch
Donna Hatch is a two-time winner of
the Golden Quill Contest.
~*~
No one creates chemistry between Regency Historical characters better than Donna Hatch. If you want a ‘sweet’ read, but with lots of sizzle, you have to read her books.
~Carol A. Spradling
Dedication
To Vicki, Jennifer, and Joyce,
who remind me why I write.
Chapter One
England, December 1813
Emily unfolded Bennett’s last letter, tempted to burn the harbinger of such sorrow, and read it yet again, as if some vain hope still remained in her heart that the cruel writing would magically transform into words of love.
May 28, 1813, Badajoz, Spain
Emily,
That bare salutation should have been her first clue something had gone horribly wrong. All Bennett’s other letters began with My Dearest Emily, or My Darling Emily, or My Love.
Emily sighed and continued re-reading the tattered letter with the same morbid fascination one watches a serious carriage accident, knowing ahead of time people will suffer.
I will always be grateful to you for your kind letters…
Kind letters. Such a bland description of her loving letters should have been her second clue, but the first time she’d read his letter, she never imagined it would inflict such heartache.
…and the knowledge that you were praying for my safe return. You gave me the encouragement to face a new day, no matter how brutal the battles, or how much suffering I witnessed. However, I regret I must inform you that I can never see you again.
The first time she’d read his letter, she realized at this point something was terribly wrong.
During my