title: Chloe's Hope
author: Deb Quinlan
description: I am originally from Massachusetts and am in my thirteenth year here in Pennsylvania. I am still a member of the RIRW (Rhode Island Romance Writers). I have been with them for over fifteen years and was a newsletter editor, two years with another writer and then one year on my own. I've written three books, and this is the first one I have finished to get published. I've also written newspaper articles many years ago up in New England. In the past nine years, I became a double cancer survivor. I have still worked on my writing in between these adventures. I am also a painter and try to work on those when I can too.
zlib_text: H er H olida y  H ero
  Widow Corinne Gallagher’s plans for a peaceful Christmas with her
  kids go astray when longtime crush Gabe Cutler moves in next door.
  As if having the hunky state trooper in snowball-throwing distance
  isn’t distracting enough, Gabe suddenly has custody of an orphaned
  infant—and is in need of Corinne’s help! She agrees, but her heart
  draws a line—she can’t fall for another lawman. After a devastating
  loss, Gabe has avoided fatherhood and love. Yet filled with Corinne
  and the children, his new house is starting to feel like home. Will
  Gabe run again, or finally fulfill his secret Christmas wish for a
  family?
  
  “She likes being snuggled,” Corinne whispered.
  “I see that.” Gabe was whispering, too. “I think you’re both enjoying
  this.”
  “Immensely.” She smiled. “The years are flying by with my kids. I
  miss this.”
  Her sweet regret painted another picture for him.
  Corinne.
  A baby.
  A child to raise together.
  The thought held an appealing mix of hope for the future. And then
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