When the Storm Breaks (35 page)

Heather Lowell
has hiked the Andes, gone up the Amazon River, backpacked through Australia and New Zealand, jumped out of an airplane, gone SCUBA diving, bungee jumping, white-water rafting, and caving. After earning a Master’s degree in International Development, Heather began life in a cubicle as a project manager in Information Technology, which closely paralleled that of the comic strip Dilbert. Then the tech bubble burst, and she took it as a sign that she should follow her dream of writing. Heather Lowell now considers herself to be a dedicated homebody—with a car, mortgage, and dog to prove it. She currently lives in Arizona, where she is working on her next book.

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.

WHEN THE STORM BREAKS.
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ePub edition December 2003 ISBN 9780061755996

First HarperTorch paperback printing: August 2003

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