A Promise to Cherish
by LaVyrle Spencer
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New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer offers a story about falling in love, and finding the courage to follow your dreams . . . Lee Walker knows it won't be easy to start a new life in a new city. But she is on a mission: to prove to everyone, and to herself, that she can make it here, working in the masculine world of the construction industry. When contracting rival Sam Brown offers her a job, Lee is stunned and a little wary. Sam's motives seem honorable enough, even if he show more doesn't see her in a strictly professional light. In fact, Sam sees her as the woman she's always hoped to be-smart, capable, warm, funny, and sexy. Before she knows it, Lee is falling head over heels for her boss. But part of her is sure that telling Sam about her past would have him backing away, fast. Now she must choose between protecting her bruised and battered heart-or trusting it to a man whose quiet strength just might heal it . . . show lessTags
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LaVyrle Spencer was born in Browerville, Minnesota on July 17, 1943. While working as a teacher's aide at Osseo Junior High School, she started writing her first novel, The Fulfillment, which was published in 1979. She has written more than a dozen novels that have hit the New York Times bestseller list, and many of her works have been condensed show more for Reader's Digest and Good Housekeeping. She has won five Romance Writers of America RITA Awards for her novels The Endearment, Hummingbird, Twice Loved, The Gamble, and Morning Glory. In 1988, she was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Many of her novels have been made into television movies including The Fulfillment, Home Song, and Family Blessings and the major motion picture Morning Glory. She retired from writing in 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Second Chance at Love (100)
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- Canonical title
- A Promise to Cherish
- Original title
- A promise to cherish
- Original publication date
- 1983-01
- People/Characters
- Sam Brown; Lee Walker
- Important places
- Denver, Colorado, USA; Kansas City, Kansas, USA
- First words
- As the first suitcase came clunking down the luggage return of Stapleton International Airport in Dencer, Lee Walker checked her watch impatiently, drummed four coral fingernails against her shoulder bag, and studied the conv... (show all)eyor belt with a frown..
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Brown-" she started to scold playfully, but the word was cut in half by his wet lips, and a moment later the answer ceased to matter.
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- (3.33)
- Languages
- 5 — English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
- 1
