title: Kick Him To The Curb And Keep On Smilin'!: Humorous True Stories Of Ending Dysfunctional Relationships
author:  Dorothy Pratt 
description: Dorothy Pratt has been a professional singer/guitarist for 28 years, in addition to recording three CDs (available at dornelpratt.com) and running a TV and radio show. She also has taught horseback riding lessons and music lessons at all three farms. She currently lives in Southwest, Virginia, with all her animals and remains happily single. Proceeds from the sale of her book support her horse rescue operations.
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  “How can I in good conscience  
  ruin your good name?”
  
  
  “Whatever happens to my name, it is mine to ruin, not yours.” Vivian tilted
  back her head to look at Oliver. “I am responsible for myself. Surely ’tis not
  dishonorable for you to take what is freely given.” She smiled faintly and
  went up on tiptoe, so that her lips were barely a breath away from his. “I do
  not intend to marry for love or money or family duty. And I have never met
  another man I wanted except you.”
  
  
  “Vivian . . . oh, God, Vivian. Vivian.” He kissed her lips, her cheeks, her
  throat, interspersing her name with his kisses. “This is madness.”
  
  
  She giggled girlishly and, pulling away from him, reached up to pull off the
  stylish turban she had worn to conceal her hair. Pins came popping loose, and
  her hair tumbled down over her shoulders in a glory of orange-red flame. She
  was a vision, he thought, wild and free and beautiful, and it occurred to him
  that no man could ever truly poss