Adele Ashworth (42 page)

Authors: Stolen Charms

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According to family legend, ancestors of mine—two brothers—left Germany bound for America in the late 1790s. Before they sailed for New York, they were warned that there was a good chance their ship might be stopped by pirates, who were roaming the seas quite frequently at the time, and that their possessions would likely be stolen. Shoemakers by trade, they heeded this warning, and before leaving to begin their new lives in America, they sewed all their money into the soles of their shoes. Who would look there?

In the end, their ship was indeed raided by pirates, and while others lost family fortunes, these brothers made it safely to New York with their hidden money intact.

About the Author

I've always loved to write, but after my first attempt at a novel (nine chapters of
Plastic City
, the story of underwater-dwelling orphans in the twenty-third century that I wrote in the sixth grade), I took some time to get my bachelor's degree and to try my hand at other careers before I returned to my first passion: creative writing. After lots and lots of perseverance, hard work, and a bit of very good luck,
My Darling Caroline
went on to win the Romance Writers of America's RITA
^®Award for Best First Book of 1998.

I live in Texas with my family, exploring history as I delve into the hearts of my characters. I love to hear from readers through my website at
www.adeleashworth.com
.

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Romances by
Adele Ashworth

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UKE’S
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APTIVE

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Y
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ARLING
C
AROLINE

A N
OTORIOUS
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ROPOSITION

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UKE’S
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NDISCRETION

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UKE OF
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CANDAL

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UKE OF
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IN

W
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T’S
P
ERFECT

S
OMETHING
I
RRESISTIBLE

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INTER
G
ARDEN

S
TOLEN
C
HARMS

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

A previous edition of
Stolen Charms
was published by Jove Books in 1999.

STOLEN CHARMS
. Copyright © 1999 by Adele Budnick. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub Edition APRIL 2013 ISBN: 9780062198068

Print Edition ISBN: 9780061905889

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