title: Making Description Work Hard For You (Crafting Unputdownable Fiction) (Volume 1)
author:  Beth Yarnall 
description: <span>USA Today best selling author and Rita</span><b><span></span></b><span> finalist<b><span>,</span> Beth Yarnall</b></span><span>, writes mysteries,romantic suspense, and the occasional hilarious tweet. She lives in SouthernCalifornia with her husband, two sons, and their rescue dogs where she is hardat work on her next novel. For more information about Beth and her novelsplease visit her website-bethyarnall.com</span><span></span>
zlib_text: _Late for_  
   _the Wedding_
  
  Amanda Quick
  
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  BANTAM BOOKS  
  NEW YORK TORONTO LONDON SYDNEY AUCKLAND
  
  Table of Contents
  
   _ _Title Page__
  
   _ _Dedication__
  
   _ _Acknowledgments__
  
   _Chapter 1_
  
   _Chapter 2_
  
   _Chapter 3_
  
   _Chapter 4_
  
   _Chapter 5_
  
   _Chapter 6_
  
   _Chapter 7_
  
   _Chapter 8_
  
   _Chapter 9_
  
   _Chapter 10_
  
   _Chapter 11_
  
   _Chapter 12_
  
   _Chapter 13_
  
   _Chapter 14_
  
   _Chapter 15_
  
   _Chapter 16_
  
   _Chapter 17_
  
   _Chapter 18_
  
   _Chapter 19_
  
   _Chapter 20_
  
   _Chapter 21_
  
   _Chapter 22_
  
   _Chapter 23_
  
   _Chapter 24_
  
   _Chapter 25_
  
   _Chapter 26_
  
   _Chapter 27_
  
   _Chapter 28_
  
   _Chapter 29_
  
   _Chapter 30_
  
   _Chapter 31_
  
   _Chapter 32_
  
   _ _Other Books by Amanda Quick__
  
   _ _Copyright__
  
  For Frank,  
  with all my love
  
  Acknowledgments
  
  It is the small details that add atmosphere and immediacy to a story, just as
  they do in real life. For the important bits involving a diadem, a certain
  lamp, and a Cleopatra wig, I am indebted to Donald Bailey, formerly of