Forever in Good Hope (A Good Hope Novel Book 4) Read online

  The nursery rhyme had her lips curving. Fin didn’t have to wish tonight. She had what she wanted.

  Jeremy rose to his feet. “Come outside with me for a minute.”

  Before Fin could push to her feet, Beck plucked Sarah Rose from her arms.

  “It’s difficult to get up while holding a baby.” Beck’s arms tightened protectively around his little girl.

  Fin shook her head. “I pity any boy that comes sniffing around her when she’s sixteen.”

  Beck grinned and gestured with his head toward Jeremy. “You watch. He’ll be the same way.”

  Of that, Fin had no doubt. It was a comforting thought.

  She and Jeremy grabbed their coats before stepping outside.

  “I love being out here where the snow is falling and everything is so still.” Fin moved to stand beside Jeremy at the porch rail. “It’s been a wonderful Christmas.”

  “Having family around keeps you grounded.” He looked at her. “You and I are lucky that way. We know who we are, where we came from, and where we’re going.”

  “Are you thinking about Kyle?”

  He nodded. “Do you think I should do the DNA test?”

  Knowing Jeremy as she did, Fin knew he’d eventually agree to take the test. She slipped her arm through his. “You have time to decide. We’ve had a lot to deal with the last couple of months. We need to be kind to ourselves and, for now, soak in the love that surrounds us.”

  That brought a smile to his lips. “When did you become such a philosopher?”

  “When? Hmmm.” Bringing a finger to her lips, Fin thought for a moment. Then, looping her arms around Jeremy’s neck, she pulled him close. “I guess when I realized that with you in my life, I have everything I need. I couldn’t wish for anything more.”

  ABOUT the AUTHOR

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  Cindy Kirk’s passion for words started at an early age. At sixteen, she wrote in her diary: “I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t be a writer.” Her writing life soon began after taking a class at a local community college. Once her daughter went off to college, Kirk returned to her passion in earnest and jumped straight into composing book-length fiction.

  An incurable romantic and eternal optimist, Kirk creates characters who grow and learn from their mistakes while achieving happy endings in the process. She loves reading and writing romance novels because she believes in the undeniable power of love and the promise of happily ever after. She lives in Nebraska with her high-school-sweetheart husband and their two dogs.