As Cammy looked at Will sleeping on her twin bed, she wondered what she was going to tell him

and Candy. Candy had sent word that she was enceinte with Mr. Alexanders child. However there would be no grounds for an annulment since technically Candy was still married to Will. In the eyes of the law, she was committing adultery and if Will showed his face, he would have every right to the child. Cammy looked at Will with longing and saw for the first time the golden chain around his neck. Candy had gotten that for him, with a picture of their children and a small portrait of her and Will in the oval locket. Engraved in the front was Carry my love with you always C.C.R. Candy had worked extra shifts at Goodwins Goods and had taken up laundry duty for the miners for years to save up enough for the golden chain. Cammy rubbed her temples and reminded herself that the house she lived in, the clothes on her back, even the furniture had come out of Candys pocket. And how did she repay her sister? By loving her husband, the forbidden apple in Paradise. Cammy remembered when she had worked with Will, years before on the rebelion and how she had stayed up at night condemning Candy. Will knew of Candys undying love for the ever unattainable Mr. Alexander. Cammy had seen how hurt Will would be every time Candy used her weekly savings to buy the newspaper and cut out snippets concerning Wayne Alexander. Cammy felt that old anger crawl up her body and felt like screaming at the injustice of the world. She wished that their parents had never died. That Candy hadnt had to take up whoring to support the family. That she had never met Wayne. Their lives could have been so different. Cammy herself could have somehow been with Will and Candy would have a happy housewife to one of the good men in ___________. She mentally slapped herself. Wished would accomplish nothing and what had happened happened. Candy was happy with her new husband. Cissy was expecting her second child and Charley was thriving on her teaching. Cammy had to be content with her doctoring business. But Wills unexpected survival would put all their lives in upheaval. If it was found out that Will survived the explosion, then Keegan would be apprehended for his testimony and Candy would loose Mr. Alexander. Suddenly the pounding in her head was unbearable. But what could she do? Candy? Will rasped and held out a hand to Cammy. Cammy quickly raised her head and grabbed on his hand with both of hers. His hands was deathly cold but when she checked his forehead, it was burning hot. Im Cammy, Will. You in my cabin in Willshire. Candys not here, she explained. Will brought one of her hands to his burning face and rubbed it against his stubbled cheek. Im sorry, sweetheart. Ill never leave you again, Candy. It wasnt worth it, loosing you but I thought you hated me after I . . . he drifted off and his hold on her wrist went slack. Still she kept it pressed to his face. After what? she whispered, afraid to break his trance. For a long moment he didnt answer so she decided to get more wood for the wanning fire. When she made to leave, his hold on her hand tightend and he whispered something. She leaned in closer and asked him to repeat what he had said. Tell me you love me, Candy. Just once before I die, please, and for the first time in days, he opened his eyes and his hazy gaze became focused on her face. Cammy felt a large lump at her throat and felt the unmistakable sting of tears. He looked

so hopeful but lost. I love you, Will, but even as she whispered alound those forben words, his eyes were already closed and he never eard her doomed confesion. Cammy quickly took her hand back and drew the covers up to Wills chest. She left her room as fats as she could and raced to the kitcher. She was disgusted to find that her hands were shaking. She needed some coffee. Yup, deffinatly some stronf balck coffee to get the silliness out of head. Coffe with a shot of whiskey or maybe that Vodka she had been saving. She banged open the cupboards and drawers untill she found what she was searching for, grateful to do something. She heated some water and was grateful for the warth the stoe offered. A damn chill was decending into the room and the storm outside would continue on throughout the night.

Caroline Candyce Chamomile Charlotte Cassandra Cramber (Candy Cramber) Caroline Candice Chamomille Charlotte Cassandra Cramber (Cammy Cramber) Caroline Candice Chamomile Charlote Cassandra Cramber (Charley Cramber) Caroline Candice Chamomile Charlotte Cassandra Cramber(Cissy Cramber)

William Rycroft Wayne Alexander Keegan Taggart Garret Nichols

Zachary Cramber Rycroft Alexander Melissa Makay Cramber Alexander Rycroft Ian William Cramber Alexander Rycroft (Melissa Makay) (Ian Alexander)

Candy Cammy Charley Cissy

black brown red blond

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long, wild sex curls medium, bangs straight long wavy, nymph medium, perfectly curled

Will Wayne Keegan Garret

black auburn brown blond

violet blue grey green

Zachary Ian Melissa

black black brown

blue violet violet medium, perfect curls

Candy wild but caring and nice and bubbly and fiercely loyal Cammy manly want to be doctor hunter sporty humorous Charley strict and teacher like and very clearheaded cold Cissy very spoiled and afraid of being poor trained to be society princess

Wayne arrogant, business man shrewd and very lusty go after what he want ruthless Will independent strong courageous rebel and supporting very tech and society forward Garret smart ass and cocky and humorous Keegan smart and come from gutters build up his hotel to be great

Melissa very smart and nice and sweet and very perceptive actress Ian proper and want to become a business man Zachary wild rebel and fighter fight for racial rights lawyer

William

Melissa - pretty and nice Ian - cold and proper Candy Zachary - rebellious

Cissy Candy Cammy Charley Keegan Wayne Will Garret Zachary Melissa Ian

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Makay Rycroft, Wills first wife Ian Melissa Margo

Candy & Wayne Zachary Sofiyre

William & Cammy Tristan* Ryan* Charlie* Charley & Garret Chevelle Cissy & Keegan Michael Kaelyn

The Cramber sisters parents die in a mine explosion The sisters take up odd jobs Candy bring home most money and sisters wonder why they guilty they bring as much as she Candy dancer at a club One night meet Wayne and friends They upper class and come from university Wayne notice her and want her Friends pay her to have sex with him Wayne not know and did not want her to be paid Candy accept since it a lot and need it still virgin Have sex he find out angry at first but Candy ask if regret He say no she say she willing to appease his anger they make love Wayne make her his mistress and reserve her for himself only Then Wayne has to go back to school and plan to marry her She become pregnant find and she about to tell him

Father find out try to pay Candy off She say no then father threaten family say how Waynes life will be ruined Ftaher will disown Wayne have other sons no money Candy agree take money for sisters and give up love She agree and he give her money to get abortion She ask doesnt he want to know his grandson he say no meanly Candy break up with Wayne and he pissed storm off Never see her again Family find out and hate Wayne Candy say nothing and family just assume Use money send Cammy to medical school Help get Charleys teaching degree Enroll Cissy into finishing school Then find out there is no money and the father tricked Candy She have baby

William lose his wife childbirth so propose to Candy she can breast feed his daughter and he agree to no sex and she agree to open marriage He help pay off their debt Then old excentric man say he pay for Cissy because he want her for his son Cissy and Charley agree while Cammy and Candy disaggree but Cissy have final word

Cammy always had a crush on Will but Candy sacrifice so much for them she try to distance herself from the whole family She refer to Will as Candys Husband She and Will used to play together when younger Cammy move away to another town and live with a distant cousin Cousins husband teach Cammy all about medicine

Candy make family meet every winter for Christmas William plotting a rebelion for better work conditions for the miners Cammy interested move back into Candys house for a while help William Will try to discourage because of danger but Candy convince him They go out on a raid and get to talking

Will reveal how much over the years he forget his first love Makay and fall even harder for Candy But the love not returned, and he hurt want her to love him Cammy fall even more in love with him After another raid, they go home and celebrate back at home They all get drunk and have a huge party In darkness Will kiss Cammy and she kiss back

That night Will kiss Candy and feel it not right then see Cammy sneak back in clothes that he remember Next day Cammy leave note that she went back to her town Will never speak of it again but think of kiss over and over again Charley help with local school and eventually become teacher She pretty but men put off by her standoffish attitude

Book 1

Part 1 (The Heat of Summer) Candy meet Wayne Candy marry Will Part 2 (Fall into Autumn) Cammy start out her career as gunslinger Cammy begin rebelion with Will

He inspire her to be doctor Fall in love with him He die in explosion Part 3 (A Kiss of Winter) Cissy come back from school Meet Keegan and marry him Part 4 (Spring Rain) Wayne meet Charley Marry Candy Cammy find out Will Alive Find out about all secrets Big break ------------------------------Cammy heartbroken Will confused Want Candy back on basis of revenge Candy go to Will after rejection Part 5 (Spring Flower) Reconcile

Book 2

Part 1 Charley and Garret Part 2

Zachary and Melissa Part 3 Ian and Belinda

When Cammy taking care of will she find he loose memory He think that they married and that she his wife Cammy love him so change hair color to black and help him to get better He ask where children are and she say they with other sisters Say law looking for him and need to keep him safe until can get moving He belive her and she slowly help him get better However he kiss her ad very intimate with her Once she giving him masacge and he manage to roll her on bottom and tell her he love her and then kiss her and hand under skirt and Cammy begin to struggle but then he put finger and and she scream as she come He try to love her again but she push him away this time and he get pissed and tlak about her love fro Alexander and she run But she get time to think and think how that she can have the life she wanted Go home but find that he gone find letter telling her to take care of kids he going to spring brother out of jial(since he helped in rebellin) and go to mexico Cammy go after help spring out and at night camp they no talk but cammy seduce and have sex but then he see virgin and surprised and cinfused and them finally figure out that it cammy and get memory back

Charley sipped her champagne too quick to be ladylike. She didnt particularly like this Christmas of the few other Christmases before this one. She just needed for Candy to claim for everyone to go to bed, have the morning over with, get the presents opened and the unwanted ones trashed or resifted to the servants, and stand apart for a few minutes alone while her other sisters cooed over their presents from their husbands. Yep, she hated those minutes.

Her sips turned into gulps as she downed down two glasses in less than thirty seconds. This was going to be the first time she got drunk and she was excited to know how it felt. Cammy had been the first to get drunk when she had been thirteen and Candy had followed her in her years in Madame Bordeauxs Hell & Heaven place. Cissy had gotten drunk during her own wedding. At 34, Charley remained the only sister to have never gotten drunk, never married, never loved. It was nine glasses now and things were finally starting to get blurry but as she looked around the warm spacious room, she realized she might need nine more. Kane had wrapped his big burly arms around his wife and was trying to kiss her teasing lips under the mistletoe. Melissa had dove eyes for Zach and he in turn was sneaking in leering glances at her. Cammy was literally climbing over William as she stuck her tongue down his open throat. Sofyre was sneaking past her parents to meet with a serving boy. The triplets had all sneaked outside, each with a bottle of whiskey to meet some of the town girls. Belinda was gazing forelony at a distant Ian with his blonde fiancee whose name she had already forgetten and didnt want to remember. But there was one worst couple. Candy and Wayne. Maybe it had to do with tah fact that she was once engaged to the man and could have had Candy;s life. But Wayne was wrapping his arms around his wifes waist who was trying to prepare her infamous egg nog. He was lovingly kissing her neck and she was trying to look like she didnt enjoy it. Then she turned and wound her arm around his neck, her laugh tinkling around the room, filling it up with more warmth than the fire place ever could. She went up on her tiptoes and gently placed a butterfly kiss on her husbands lips but he had more amorous thoughts. Clasping hee to him more firmly her bent over her, his lips and tongue coaxing the love from her. Charley looked away and met the amused face of Zachs friend Garret. Now why did she remember his name when she didnt even remember Ians fiances name?

Belinda stood outside with the rest of the family awaiting Ians return, her hands clasped behind her back, then in front, then clutching at her throat. She saw Mr. and Mrs. Alexander off to the side whispering furiously. Melissa

Belinda love Ian ever since she first saw him when working in house

Throughout him growing up she always look out for him but Ian work to hard to egt respectability and want to get Waynes company so work hard Then he coma back from Oxford with fiancee and she try to sabatog but he pay no attention

 Then he join army and in Civil War but loose part of leg and come back bitter think no get company Fiancee abandon him and go for another and Ian fall into drunked stupor that family cant get him out of and he spend days wholed up in his home Candy sad for son and since he refuse everyone at home she send Belinda to his home for cooking and he not really mind her and no one see any harm

Garret & Charley Zach & Melissa Ian & Belinda

Garret come to visit for Christmas and stay until New Years when he go back to own country he from ------------------------- H emeet Charley and he take a liking to her while Charley put up walls since she no trust men Garret have ulterior motive

Ian now finally took over Wayne;s company and he CEO and make even more money and h become even more cold and more money oriented Belinda Ians housekeeper and take care of his bastard son Gregory

He already go through four marriages and he on a lot of mistresses and have almost no family ties anymore since he become so money oriented Belinda only one that make him go to the important family functions

But then on one investment he made it fall horribly thorugh and he had such a good feeling and he have stroke and in hospital and Belinda come and say she call family and he rant at her and mean to her and this first time she tear up in front of him and run away

Ian feel bad but refuse to apologize Family coem and berate him and Wayne pull him off Ian think it because he loose millions and go back to drinking

One night Belinda come to him and tell him to sto argue and he end up kissing her but she slap him and run away The next day Wayne come to invite him back home to take vacation from business and Ian go and take Belinda, intending he set her free from and get to her own life and intend to make her rich woman so she can be on own since she do so much for him When get back he meet up with old fiancee the most beautiful of them all tht left him when he come back from war and she rich from her husband and she learn about his success and recent failure but still want him since she think still have claim on Waynes company and hs eoffer to cover his loses Belinda hear that at Ians homecoming party and she furious and Ian all nonchalant

Belinda had watched him grow up from an awkward adolesent more interested in books than girls to a man who preferred money to woman. The only difference was that now women chased him shamelessly just like Justine Ford had done tonight. But she would be no different than Sheyenne Miller, Harriet Rockefeller, Patricia Pott, or Francine Hubert. Be they models or actors or heiresses, they would never be what could seduce Ian. And that was money. Sure Justine would give him enough to cover his loses but her money would have to run out sometimes. Right. Belinda knew she was just kidding herself. Justine had enough money to buy out over seventy percent of Alexander Co.s shares. With that much money, Ian could push out the Mr. Alexander and he already had the remaininf eating out of his hands. She bit her and turned over on her back. Should she tell the Alexanders that Ian had sinister plans of pushing them out so he could be the owner of the company? She knew that Mr. Alexander had twenty five percent while Mrs. Alexander controlled twenty percent. Their two blood children had ten percent apiece. Mrs. Alexanders three other sisters had five percent shares and Mr. Roberts and Mr. Canon each had five percent too. Ian had worked hs way up owned ten percent now but from him stepmother he was ure to get her shares and Mr. Canon was Ians best frind so he was bound to side with Ian. Last year Ian had tricked Melissa into selling her 5 percents shares tat Zach had gifted her and then convinced Zach to sell him his remaining shares at the years end. Sofyre hadnt needed much plotting as hse had signed over the papers to Ian but it still had not been official zed. Mr. Roberts was slowly but surely coming around. Candy had been thinking about giving up her

shares to her stepchildren and dividing it among Ian, Melissa, and Margo but Ian had convinced her to hand over only ten percent. She was a smart woman for giving him only enough that he woul be second in power to Wayne but not smart enough to know that he already basically owned or would own fifty-five percent of the company by years end, enough to permanently push Wayne put. The money that Justine would provide would hurry along the process.

Wayne Candy Zach Sofyire Charley Cissy Cammy Mr. Roberts Mr. Canon Ian

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Zachary, get down here. Now! I mean it! I got a real gun for you just like you asked. Get down! Hell, Ill use the gun on YOU! ZACHARY WILLIAM AVERY ALEXANDER JOSHUA CRAMBER RYCROFT! Candy yelled at the top of her lungs up at her wayward son. Other mothers had told her that when a child was in danger, the mother felt concern and fear. All she felt was anger and a strong urge to push the boy off the roof herself. If he got down safely, she had a mind to hold him under water. I love Christmas here with you. I mean at my house, there are no ways to get up to the roof. So I wouldnt be witnessing this and wondering if I should ban him from my children so he cant influence them. Cissy commented as she rolled her eyes. Her husband just laughed and shook his head. William was quietly climbing up behind Zachary. The onlookers tried to keep that a secret but a few of the younger boys tried to warm Zachary. Candy noticed and without thought picked up a few rocks and chucked it at the group of boys. When they began to cry Candy quickly ducked under a few teenage boys and continued to yell at her son and hoping to god that

William got to him. Zach, you really wanna get you mom pissed at you? Cammy yelled up at her nefew. The boy looked down at his aunt and momentarily lost his balance as he noticed the distance to the ground. But he shook his head and squared his shoulders. He would not loose. He needed the prize too much. Candy felt like she was going to faint. That fear the other mothers had talked about kicked in tenfold when she saw him weave and struggle for balance. To her relief she saw William closing in on their son and put a hand to her racing heart. Zachary watched all the people pass by with a ferocious frown. It was the only thing keeping the other men and boys from coming up to his mother and harassing her. When a man in a dark, rich suit leered at his mothers behind, Zach growled at the man. Miss Cramber, how are you? Floyd Fletcher slithered out from his goods store. Zach hated the oily man. His hands clenthed into fists but Zach had to be mindful of the grocery he was carrying. Candy offered a brittle smile. She hated the sleazy man before her but the man gave free food to the workers, although it was usually moldy, outdated food that he usually whould have thrown out. Its still Mrs. Rycroft