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    Altar-Ations

    By Loree Lough

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    When Jolie O’Keefe finds herself at the wrong church, she realizes she’s stumbled into far more than the wrong wedding. Meeting Nate Webster will change not only her status as a single gal, but her long-standing opinions of herself. As for Nate, memories of the man he used to be has kept him from seeking the love of a good woman. But when Jolie sits beside him at the wedding, he realizes they’re both about to experience a healthy dose of Altar-ation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereXtasy Books Inc
    Release dateJan 6, 2013
    ISBN9781554870653
    Altar-Ations
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    Loree Lough

    With 6 million+ books in circulation, bestselling/award-winning author Loree Lough has 107 books (17 for HQ), 72 short stories & 2,500+ articles in print. She & her real-life hero split their time between a home in Baltimore's suburbs & a cabin in the Allegheny Mtns. Loree loves interacting with readers & answers every letter personally. Write her @ http://www.loreelough.com.

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      Altar-Ations - Loree Lough

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      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Alter-ations

      Copyright  2008 Loree Lough

      ISBN: 978-1-55487-065-3

      Cover art by Martine Jardin

      All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher.

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      Altar-ations

      By

      Loree Lough

      For decades, June has been the traditional ‘wedding month’, so Altar-ations is dedicated to all the rosy-cheeked brides and stammering grooms out there who are about to embark on an adventure like none they’ve experienced in their lives!

      Chapter One

      Jolie winced as her heels click-clacked against polished marble because she knew if she’d arrived on time her footsteps would have blended with the rest of the pre-wedding din. Grabbing the first available seat—on the aisle, second pew from the back—she heaved a relieved sigh and sat. This is the lumpiest cushion I’ve ever…

      ‘Scuse me, miss, drawled the tall stranger beside her, but you’re sittin’ on my Stetson.

      As the flush of embarrassment heated her cheeks, Jolie handed the flattened black-felt hat to him.

      Well, he said, turning it this way and that, it used to be my Stetson…

      I-I’m so sorry. I never even saw it. I…

      He shot her a playful half grin. It’s all right. And as if to prove it, the cowboy winked. I was thinkin’ of gettin’ me a new one, anyway.

      A white-gloved hand reached from behind and tapped his shoulder. You’re a guest in the house of the Lord, for goodness sake, an elderly woman warned. Show some respect and be quiet!

      Like a little boy caught with his hand in the cookie jar, he shot Jolie an uh-oh-we’re-in-trouble-now expression and dutifully faced forward.

      She did the same as her seatmate tried unsuccessfully to reshape his mangled headpiece. This has definitely not been your day, Jolie O’Keefe!

      First, her hair dryer quit working, forcing her to let her short, dark curls air dry. Then the power went out altogether and she had to apply her mascara by the light of her tiny bathroom window. She was halfway to the church when she realized she’d left the wedding gift on the hall table, and on the way home to get it, her right front tire blew.

      Jolie managed to get the spare on without incident, but as she tucked the jack back into the trunk, her knee brushed the license plate, snagging her panty hose. She might have made it to the church on time if the first drug store had carried anything but black hose.

      Unfortunately, things had started going wrong long before she got out of bed this morning. Take yesterday, for example, when she realized she’d misplaced the invitation to Todd and Sandra’s wedding. It had taken several phone calls to find someone who knew when and where her old school chums would be getting married.

      One o’clock, St. John’s, Todd’s harried sister had said.

      Jolie glanced at her watch. Unless it had decided to go the way of her hair dryer, she was only ten minutes late. No one seemed to have noticed her tardiness, and once she had a chance to replace the cowboy’s hat, all would be right with the world again.

      At least, as right as her world could be…

      She settled back and listened to the preacher’s clear voice, reverberating from every rafter in the cavernous wood and marbled space as he read from Genesis: …’and she shall be called Woman, because she is taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh…’

      The bride and groom exchanged vows, shared their first kiss as man and wife and turned to face the congregation. She hadn’t realized Todd was so tall. And when did Sandra put on all that weight around her middle? The church had been decorated with white roses and daisies, and gigantic pink satin bows hung from the end of each pew. If I ever have a wedding, Jolie thought dreamily, I hope it’s as pretty as this one.

      The newlyweds linked arms and headed for the narthex to form the traditional receiving line. It wasn’t until they drew near that Jolie realized…

      …they weren’t Todd and Sandra!

      It had never occurred to her to ask Todd’s sister which St. John’s…

      She hung her head and closed her eyes. Only you could end up at the wrong wedding!

      But why should she be surprised? Ever since she’d attended that Faith Rally with her college roommate, it seemed that nothing concerning religion had gone right for Jolie. She slumped onto the seat and hid her face in her hands.

      The cowboy sat down beside her. Are you all right?

      Jolie shook her head. No, she answered silently, I most certainly am not all right. In fact, there’s so much wrong with me it’d take a

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