“Yes,” she said, as if that were an answer.

“Yes?”

“Uh-huh. There was a time I wanted perfect, Mike. Now I realize what I was looking for back then was shallow and boring. Never again. I want complications. I want messes. I want challenges. Are we going to have fun creating our lives together, or what?”

“You said it. Bring it on, Red.” He grinned, bent down to kiss her nose…and naturally, was interrupted by the sound of a scream. Molly’s.

In her most dramatic voice, Molly announced to the world in general, “Guess what! Princess just had a kitten. On my bed!”

“Uh-oh,” Mike murmured.

Amanda laughed again. “Just one more thing that’s going to be yours, mine and ours. What could possibly be better than that?”

“Nothing in this world,” he agreed, and swung his arm around her shoulder.

JENNIFER GREENE

lives near Lake Michigan with her husband and an assorted menagerie of pets. Michigan State University has honored her as an outstanding woman graduate for her work with women on campus. Jennifer has written more than seventy love stories, for which she has won numerous awards, including four RITA® Awards from the Romance Writers of America and their Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Awards.