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  Juliana took her eyes off her sister long enough to look back at Gregg. Confusion clouded her pretty face. “Gregg? Wherever did you find my sister?”

  Madeline and Gregg exchanged a humorous grin. “Well,” he explained to Juliana, “after I was wounded and put in an Abbey to recover, I happened to fall in love with the nurse that was helping me. When I couldn’t see, I thought she was a novice.”

  He turned to Madeline again, this time, slipping his arm around her waist as he gazed down into her turquoise eyes. “Fortunately, Maddie didn’t become a nun. Now she’s my wife.”

  Madeline studied her sister and brother-in-law’s reaction, and almost laughed at their surprised faces. “It’s true. All of it.”

  “Well...congratulations!” Andrew replied as he gave Madeline a hug. Juliana was right behind him hugging her sister, too, but she didn’t pull away. She remained in Madeline’s tight embrace, and after a few seconds, her eyes collected tears.

  “Juliana, I never thought...I would be able to look at you again. I never thought I would ever see you smile at me or act civilly toward me.” She pulled back slightly and then asked, “Will you please forgive me for what I tried to do three years ago?”

  Juliana stepped away, but kept Madeline’s hands in hers. Her smile was genuine and very tender. “Yes, Maddie. I can forgive you. I already have. So has Andrew.”

  Madeline hiccupped and laughed. “Can...can we go back to being sisters again?”

  Juliana laughed. “Well, if you remember right, we never acted like sisters before, but I can promise you that we shall be sisters from now on. In fact, we shall be very close sisters.”

  Nodding, Madeline hugged her sister one more time before stepping away. Andrew came to her and gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. “Maddie? Would you like to meet your nephew and niece?”

  “I would love that.”

  Andrew turned and took his son out of Constance’s hold, and at the same time, Juliana moved to the nanny Madeline hadn’t seen, to retrieve a baby. Andrew patted his son on the head.

  “David? This is your Aunt Madeline. Can you tell her hello and give her a kiss on the cheek?”

  The boy smiled wide and nodded as his father brought him closer. Madeline laughed when he kissed her cheek. He was so very adorable.

  The little baby Juliana held couldn’t be more than a couple months old. “Maddie? This is your niece, Beth.”

  Madeline grinned. “She looks just as beautiful as her mother.”

  With a heavy sigh of relief, Madeline realize how strange life was. Three years ago, there was so much hatred and revenge, and so much jealousy. Not only had Madeline been a horrid person, but so had Juliana. Everything was different now. Love changed both Madeline and Juliana for the better.

  Love healed all wounds.

  She lovingly gazed at Gregg still standing next to her with his arm around her waist. Now, for the rest of her life, she was going to bring more love into her life. More love into her family, and especially, more love into her marriage. She liked feeling this way, and she never wanted to go back to her former life.

  If there was anything she had learned these past three years it was that forgiveness was love.

  *THE END*

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  Other books in the Fielding Brothers saga

  Love Me Always

  Book One

  © 2011 Marie Higgins

  No Way Out – Catherine Martin is trapped. Either she wed an elderly man and commit to a marriage without love, or continue living with the father who believes her guilty of murder and one foot outside the asylum. Catherine picks marriage to the Duke of Ashton, Grant Fielding. However, when she stays with the Fielding family before the wedding, she doesn’t plan on falling in love…with Grant’s nephew, Nicholas.

  Destined for a lonely life – Nicholas Fielding loves his uncle’s soon-to-be bride, and has loved her since they were children. Now Nick must choose between his dying uncle's last wish to marry, and the woman who will make Nick happy for the rest of his life. No matter how hard Nick tries, he cannot stop his love for Catherine.

  A flurry of accidents begins to happen around the Fielding estate and soon all accusing eyes turn to Catherine. When accidents escalate to murder, suspicions expound and even Catherine’s father believes she’s gone mad. Does Nick love her enough to discover the truth?

  Charmed By Knight

  Book Two in the “Fielding Brother’s Saga”

  © 2011 Marie Higgins

  Megan Ramsey will do anything not to marry the drunken lord selected for her – even if she must follow her parents’ plan and trick a duke into marriage. Instead of capturing the duke, she mistakenly traps the man who put her family in financial ruins.

  Edmund Knight will stop at nothing to take back the deed to his gold mine. When he meets the thief’s daughter, Edmund sets his mind on charming her in order to get back his treasure. Will he find the real treasure beyond his precious gold?

  Vows of Deception

  Book Three in the “Fielding Brother’s Saga”

  © 2011 Marie Higgins

  Not even lies can deceive the heart.

  Juliana Beaumont wants to keep her freedom—and her grandmother’s estate in Scotland. But can she do both? Especially when her father demands she marries a man from England before he can give her an inheritance.

  Andrew Dean is tired of being the stable help, and jumps at the chance of playing Miss Juliana’s pretend husband. But he doesn’t believe in marrying unless it’s in a church. He hopes Juliana doesn’t discover that they are legally married until he can make her fall in love with him. But a secret that has been hidden in his memory for twenty years may just keep them apart.

  Belong To Me

  Book Four in the “Fielding Brother’s Saga”

  © 2011 Marie Higgins

  Charlotte Fielding, tired of being without her wayward husband, travels to Bath to find him. She discovers him at a masked ball amidst the throng of revelers. Her revenge on him is that he doesn’t know who she is, so she seduces him. When his reaction to her identity isn’t what she expects, she hardens her heart against him. Charlotte wants an annulment and nothing less. He talks her into a bargain—to stay as his wife for a month and then if they don’t suit well with each other, he’ll grant her wish. What she uncovers about his life is far more than she bargained for. In addition to the disguises in his closet from his investigative business, she stumbles across secrets. Those of which she wished she’s never known.

  Framed for a crime he didn’t commit, Ian Fielding has his hands full with proving his innocence. His wife picks that moment to show up on his doorstep, and he’s forced to take her with him. Matters become more complicated when he becomes unexplainably attracted to her. The timing couldn’t be more inconvenient. When the couple takes refuge in an old castle owned by a recluse beastly lord, they soon become aware that the owner has plans of his own.

  Swept into a whirlwind of mystery, passion and adventure, Charlotte must discover the truth of her own heart before it’s too late for them both.

  Other stories from Marie Higgins

  “Winning Mr. Wrong” – Romantic Comedy (LDS novel)

  “Heart of a Hero” – Historical romance

  “Hearts Through Time” – Time-travel / suspense romance

  “Secrets After Dark” - Paranormal / suspense romance

  “It Must Have Been the Mistletoe” – Christmas short story

  “Dreaming of You” – Christmas Inspirational

  “Crazy For You” – Romantic comedy

  “Danger In Her Arms” – Romantic suspense

  “Becoming A Lady” – short Regency romance

  Christian Historical Series

  “A Walk In Heaven” – book 1

  “Reaching Hea
ven” – book 2

  “A Touch of Heaven” (book 3 not out yet)

  Regency Romance Series

  “The Sweetest Kiss” – book 1

  “The Sweetest Touch” – book 2

  “The Sweetest Love” – (book 3 not out yet)

  “The Sweetest Secret” – (book 4 not out yet)

  Victorian Romance Series

  “Love Me Always” – book 1

  “Charmed By Knight” – book 2

  “True Love’s Deception” – book 3

  “Belong To Me” – book 4

  “Love Comes Blindly” – book 5

  Colonial Romance Series

  “Take My Heart” – book 1

  “Falling In Love Again” – book 2

  “Wonderland By Night” – book 3