The Way They Were
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They promised to love one another forever, but tragedy tore them apart. Now, destiny may just bring them back together.
At eighteen, Rourke Flannigan and Kate Redmond thought theyâd spend the rest of their lives togetherâuntil a family tragedy tore them apart. Fourteen years have passed, and theyâve both carved out separate lives hundreds of miles apartâhers as a wife and mother, his as a successful, driven businessman. But once a year, Kate pulls out a red velvet journal and writes a letter, which sheâll never send, to the man who still owns her heart. Once a year, on the anniversary of the first and only night they made love, Rourke permits himself to read the annual investigative report detailing an ordinary day in Kateâs life.
When a subcontractor at one of Rourkeâs holding companies is killed, Rourke decides to pay the widow a visit and offer condolences, never dreaming the widow will be Kate. As they embark on a cautious journey of rediscovery, one far greater than they could have imagined, secrets and lies threaten to destroy their newfound closenessâforever.Â
Sometimes weâre lucky enough to get that second chance â in life and in love. The Way They Were is a stand-alone story of a strong woman who battles heartache and loss with courage and determination to find new paths and true love. This is book two of That Second Chance series. It is also the prequel to Maryâs bestselling family saga, A Family Affair: The Secret, Truth in Lies, Book Eight.
BONUS: Included in this e-book is an Excerpt from Simple Riches, the next book in this series.
That Second Chance Series:
Book One: Pulling Home (Also prequel to A Family Affair: The Promise)
Book Two: The Way They Were (Also prequel to A Family Affair: The Secret)
Book Three: Simple Riches (Also prequel to A Family Affair: Winter)
Book Four: Paradise Found  (Also prequel to A Family Affair: Wish)Â
Book Five: Not Your Everyday Housewife (Also prequel to A Family Affair: Gift)Â
Book Six: The Butterfly Garden (Also prequel to A Family Affair: Return)Â
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About the author
Mary Campisi is the bestselling author of over 50 emotion-packed, romantic womenâs fiction novels that center around hope, redemption, and second chances. Set in small towns, these books take readers through the lives of the characters as they encounter, misfortune, disappointment, and challenges to find hope, friendship and, in some cases, love. Growing up in a small town gives Mary a real sense of how people pull together to help others find their true destiny. Her stories will make you laugh and cry, but in the end, youâll feel like you want to live in these towns, meet the residents for coffee or share a meal.
Maryâs Truth in Lies series, also known as the A Family Affair books, takes place in the Catskill Mountains and centers around the discovery of a manâs secret family that prompts the question, Which family is the real one? The continued success of this series is driven by readers wanting more and sheâs created an equally compelling one with the Reunion Gap series.
Mary should have known sheâd become a writer when at age thirteen she began changing the ending to all of the books she read. It took several years and a number of jobs, including registered nurse, receptionist in a swanky hair salon, accounts payable clerk, and practice manager in an OB/GYN office, for her to rediscover writing. Enter a mouse-less computer, a floppy disk, and a dream large enough to fill a zip drive. The rest of the story lives on in every book she writes.
When sheâs not working on her craft or following the lives of five adult children, Maryâs digging in the dirt with her flowers and herbs, cooking, reading, walking her rescue lab, Henry, or, on the perfect day, riding off into the sunset with her very own hero/husband on his Ultra Limited aka Harley.
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