Her Officer and Gentleman (26 page)

KAREN HAWKINS
was raised in Tennessee, a member of a huge extended family that included her brother and sister, an adopted sister, numerous foster siblings and various exchange students. In order to escape the chaos (and whilst hiding when it was her turn to do the dishes), she would huddle under the comforter on her bed with a flashlight and a book, a habit she still embraces to this day. For more information about Karen, or pictures of her chasing a box of donuts while training for a road race, visit her at
www.karenhawkins.com
or write to her at Karen Hawkins, P.O. Box 5292, Kingsport, TN 37663-5292.

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H
ER
O
FFICER AND
G
ENTLEMAN

H
ER
M
ASTER AND
C
OMMANDER

L
ADY IN
R
ED

A
ND THE
B
RIDE
W
ORE
P
LAID

H
OW TO
T
REAT A
L
ADY

C
ONFESSIONS OF A
S
COUNDREL

A
N
A
FFAIR TO
R
EMEMBER

T
HE
S
EDUCTION OF
S
ARA

A B
ELATED
B
RIDE

T
HE
A
BDUCTION OF
J
ULIA

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

HER OFFICER AND GENTLEMAN
. Copyright © 2006 by Karen Hawkins. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, 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 February 2007 ISBN 9780061746673

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