title: Inspiring Love: Three Romantic Reads
author:  Nadine C. Keels 
description: Nadine. A French name, meaning, hope. With her lifelong passion for life-enriching fiction, Nadine C. Keels enjoys reading and writing everything from short stories to novels. Her fiction works include Love Unfeigned and The Movement of Crowns Series, and select pieces of her lyrical poetry can be found on her spoken word album, Hope. Lyricized. As the founder of Prismatic Prospects, her communication company, Nadine has served as editor for a number of titles, and through her writing, from her books to her blog posts, she aims to help spark hope, inspiration, and genius in as many as she is privileged to reach.
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  ## [MAP](nav.xhtml#rmap)
  
  
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  ## [DEDICATION](nav.xhtml#r_idParaDest-1)
  
  
  _For Isabella, my sweet little girl who underwent heart surgery while I was
  writing this book. I’m so glad your heart can now keep up with your joyful
  energy!_
  
  
  _And for Melinda, because we both know this book wouldn’t have happened
  without your steadfast encouragement and belief._
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [ONCE UPON A TIME . . .](nav.xhtml#r_idParaDest-2)
  
  
  HUMANS WERE PATHETICALLY predictable. Always longing for more. Always
  desperate to get their way. Shamelessly grasping for what remained out of
  reach, even when it cost them dearly.
  
  
  He despised them.
  
  
  Alistair Teague rubbed his fingers absently over the smooth surface of his
  carved ivory pipe—an unwilling gift from the human who’d betrayed him—and
  raised his nose to sniff the air. A midnight breeze blew in fro