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LIGHTNING WAS ABOUT TO STRIKE. Maggie Howard was furious when she discovered Jared McBride was registered at her vacation lodge. She hated the McBride family; they had caused her nothing but grief in the past. But Jared was there to stay. He was determined to open the logging operation his father had shut down several years ago. Maggie was equally determined to block his every move: McBride Lumber had played too often with the lives of families in Silver Creek. Yet, when it came to fighting Jared McBride, Maggie's greatest struggle was with her heart.
First publish date: 1989
Authors: Sandra James
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