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Authors: Dorothy Garlock
“He gave me the names of a couple people he knows in the publishing business,” she said. “He also asked if he could read it.”
Hank's eyebrows rose. “Are you going to send it to him? I know how you can get. You'll be on pins and needles until he's finished.”
Gwen smiled. “You're right, but I'm still going to do it.” She nodded toward the furniture store. “It's like I told you when Skip wanted to open this place. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
“The only thing I'm interested in gaining right now is a hamburger at Lafferty's,” he said. “Sign hanging made me hungry.”
“Did someone mention lunch?” Skip asked, stepping back outside. Pointing at Hank, he added, “And it's even your turn to buy.”
“
I'm
buying,” Gwen announced.
“What's the occasion?” Skip asked as he closed up the shop.
She slipped her hand into Hank's. “To new beginnings. For all of us.”
Skip shrugged. “I'll eat to that.”
“Give us a second, here,” Hank said as Skip started down the sidewalk; his friend waved without looking back.
Once they were alone, he said, “Do you really like the sign?”
“Of course I do,” Gwen answered.
“I just want it to be perfect. This is important for more than just me and Skip. This is about us, too. I don't want to screw it up.”
Gwen stepped close, gently placing her hand on his arm; standing in the sun so long had made his skin warm to the touch. “You won't,” she told him. “No matter what life throws at us, as long as we face it together, we'll be fine.”
Hank grinned, then nodded. He leaned close, his lips brushing against her cheek. “I love you.”
“Enough to jump into a river for me?” This question had become something of a running exchange between them.
“Again and again,” he answered.
Gwen smiled. If he had to, she had no doubt Hank would do just that.
And that was why she loved him back.
Dorothy Garlock is one of America'sâand the world'sâfavorite novelists. Her work has consistently appeared on national bestsellers lists, including the
New York Times
list, and there are over fifteen million copies of her books in print, translated into eighteen languages. She has won more than twenty writing awards, including an
RT Book Reviews
Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction for
A Week from Sunday
, five Silver Pen Awards from
Affaire de Coeur
, and three Silver Certificate Awards. Her novel
With Hope
was chosen by Amazon as one of the best romances of the twentieth century.
After retiring as a news reporter and bookkeeper in 1978, Dorothy began her career as a novelist with the publication of
Love and Cherish
. She lives in Clear Lake, Iowa. You can visit her website at DorothyGarlock.com.
After the Parade
Almost Eden
Annie Lash
By Starlight
Come a Little Closer
Dreamkeepers
Dream River
The Edge of Town
Forever Victoria
A Gentle Giving
Glorious Dawn
High on a Hill
Homeplace
Hope's Highway
Keep a Little Secret
Larkspur
Leaving Whiskey Bend
The Listening Sky
Lonesome River
Love and Cherish
Loveseekers
Midnight Blue
The Moon Looked Down
More than Memory
Mother Road
Nightrose
On Tall Pine Lake
A Place Called Rainwater
Promisegivers
Restless Wind
Ribbon in the Sky
River of Tomorrow
River Rising
The Searching Hearts
Sins of Summer
Song of the Road
Stay a Little Longer
Sweetwater
Take Me Home
Tenderness
This Loving Land
Train from Marietta
Twice in a Lifetime
Under a Texas Sky
Wayward Wind
A Week from Sunday
Wild Sweet Wilderness
Will You Still Be Mine?
Wind of Promise
Wishmakers
With Heart
With Hope
With Song
Yesteryear
“Garlock is a master.”
â
Booklist
“A gifted writer.”
â
Chicago Sun-Times
“One of America's most endearing historical fiction authors.”
â
RT Book Reviews
“Garlock's terrific story, set in mid-20th-century Missouri, pairs a lonely single mother with a flashy auto racer...Garlock keeps readers so wrapped up in Drake and Clara's romance that it's impossible to put the book down. Thoroughly credible characters and the aw-shucks charm of their small town make this a winner.”
â
Publishers Weekly
starred review
“From the undisputed queen of Americana historical fiction comes a warm and realistic novel of a man's search for a dream and the woman who receives the gift of a second chance at love. It is the quiet beauty of the storytelling and the characters' struggles, as well as the convincing backdrop, that draw readers to Garlock's novels time and again. This is one her fans will cherish.”
â
RT Book Reviews
“Garlock's lovely, sweet novel is a testament to the last great generation.”
â
RT Book Reviews
“
Take Me Home
has a unique perspective for a historical novel set during World War II.”
âFreshFiction.com
“Garlock is a masterful storyteller who recognizes what her audience craves and consistently delivers a sweet, nostalgic read that conveys the reality and romance of the eraâ¦There is enough depth of emotion in
Under a Texas Sky
to satisfy her fans.”
â
RT Book Reviews
“Who could resist a romantic summertime read from the âVoice of America's Heartland,' especially with âTexas' in the title?”
â
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
(TX)
“The latest from romance doyenne Garlock mixes light suspense with traditional romance for an entertaining effect.”
â
Booklist
“Few authors can recreate the atmosphere of a 1930s small town as beautifully and faithfully as Garlock. She imbues each story with a classic American aura while creating a touching, realistic plotline peopled by authentic characters.”
â
RT Book Reviews
“An emotional tale of two people in an almost impossible situationâ¦Dorothy Garlock has made the early twentieth century her own and has another winner in her latest novel.”
âRomRevToday.com
“Few authors capture the atmosphere and voices of the heartland during the mid-twentieth century like Garlock. She completes her Tucker family trilogy with a tender, realistic look at small-town America after WWII and what war can do to those who fought and those who waited at home. Crisp prose and simple words cannot hide the powerful underlying lessons of loss, friendship, brotherly love, family ties, and the simple acts of kindness that bind a community.”
â
RT Book Reviews
“Another winner for Dorothy Garlockâ¦a wonderful romance.”
âBestsellersWorld.com
“Garlock is a master at developing characters through their actions and evoking settings so real they transport the reader back in timeâ¦All the elements that keep Garlock's fans coming back for more are here.”
â
Booklist
“[Garlock] takes readers back in time with her simple prose and likable characters, making them able to believe they are witnesses to the story. Not only is Garlock a premier Americana writer, but she is one who touches chords in readers' hearts.”
â
RT Book Reviews
“Excellentâ¦engaging characters, romance, suspense, and small-town America in an era gone by.”
âTheRomanceReadersConnection.com
“Touchingâ¦[a] poignant, engrossing story of life, death, and second chancesâ¦Well written and swiftly paced, this story brings to life a time period that is seldom used in romance.”
â
Library Journal
“An emotionalâ¦profound Americana tale [with a] strong ensemble castâ¦fans will relish this terrific historical.”
âGenreGoRoundReviews.blogspot.com
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This book is a work of historical fiction. In order to give a sense of the times, some names of real people or places have been included in the book. However, the events depicted in this book are imaginary, and the names of nonhistorical persons or events are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance of such nonhistorical persons or events to actual ones is purely coincidental.
Copyright © 2016 by Dorothy Garlock
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Garlock, Dorothy, author.
Title: Sunday kind of love / Dorothy Garlock.
Description: First edition. | New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016009276| ISBN 9781455527403 (hardcover) | ISBN
  9781455527380 (softcover) | ISBN 9781478909859 (audio download) | ISBN
  9781455527397 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Women authors--Fiction. | Self-realization in women--Fiction.
  | Man-woman relationships--Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Romance /
  Historical. | FICTION / Contemporary Women. | FICTION / Family Life. |
  GSAFD: Romantic suspense fiction. | Love stories.
Classification: LCC PS3557.A71645 S857 2016b | DDC 813/.54--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016009276
ISBNs: 978-1-4555-2740-3 (hardcover), 978-1-4555-2738-0 (paperback), 978-1-4555-2739-7 (ebook)
E3-20160601-DA-PC
