Cedar Cove Collection (Books 1-6)
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Debbie Macomber
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Dear Friends,
Welcome to Cedar Cove, Washington. I hope you enjoy meeting my new friends. And I hope that once you do, youâll feel as comfortable with Olivia, Grace, Charlotte, Cecilia, Jack, Ian, Seth and all the others as you would your own next-door neighbors. You see, theyâre my neighbors. Wellâ¦not exactly. Cedar Cove is based on my own hometown of Port Orchard, Washington, but the characters and their stories come from my imagination. However, anyone whoâs walked the streets of Port Orchard will recognize buildings and events Iâve described. The library, the new City Hall, even the Seagull Calling contest are part and parcel of life in Port Orchard.
After creating stories that involved Alaska, Texas and North Dakota, I received dozens of letters with suggestions for stories in other states. While I was trying to make up my mind, it occurred to me that there are few places I enjoy more than my own beautiful state of Washington. Every small town Iâve created over the years, whether it was in Alaska or Texas, was a bit of life as I know itâthe life I experienced raising my own family right here in Port Orchard. With the Cedar Cove series, Iâm just making it official.
Before you ask about the length of this series, Iâll tell you. The answer is that I donât know. Itâll be as many books as it takes to tell all the stories. My goal, as always, is to enable you to pick up the first book or the tenth and immediately experience a sense of welcome.
So sit back and enjoy some romance, with a bit of mystery with a little wisdom thrown in. Acquaint yourself with a whole community of new friends. I know theyâre all anxious to introduce themselves to you!
P.S. I love to hear from readers. You can reach me at P.O. Box 1458, Port Orchard, WA 98366 or through my website at www.debbiemacomber.com.
In memory of
Rita Adler December 26, 1950âDecember 12, 2000 We shall miss you.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Cecilia Randall had heard of people who, if granted one wish, would choose to live their lives over again. Not her. Sheâd be perfectly content to blot just one twelve-month period from her twenty-two years.
The past twelve months.
Last January, shortly after New Yearâs, sheâd met Ian Jacob Randall, a Navy man, a submariner. Sheâd fallen in love with him and done something completely irresponsibleâsheâd gotten pregnant. Then sheâd complicated the whole situation by marrying him.
That was mistake number three and from there, her errors in judgment had escalated. She hadnât been stupid so much as naïve and in love andâworst of allâromantic. The Navy, and life, had cured her of that fast enough.
Their baby girl had been born premature while Ian was at sea, and it became immediately apparent that she had a defective heart. By the time Ian returned home, Allison Marie had already been laid to rest. It was Cecilia whoâd stood alone in the unrelenting rain of the Pacific Northwest while her babyâs tiny casket was lowered into the cold, muddy earth. Sheâd been forced to make life-and-death decisions without the counsel of family or the comfort of her husband.
Her mother lived on the East Coast and, because of a storm, had been unable to fly into Washington State. Her father was as supportive as he knew how to beâwhich was damn little. His idea of âbeing there for herâ consisted of giving Cecilia a sympathy card and writing a few lines about how sorry he was for her loss. Cecilia had spent countless days and nights by their daughterâs empty crib, alternately weeping and in shock. Other Navy wives had tried to console her, but Cecilia wasnât comfortable with strangers. Sheâd rejected their help and their friendship. And because sheâd been in Cedar Cove for such a short time, she hadnât made any close friends in the community, either. As a result, sheâd borne her grief alone.