title: Letter to My Daughter: A Novel
author: George Bishop
description: A first novel of immense power.Pat Conroy<br /><br />Guaranteed to keep the tears flowing . . . destined to be a popular choice for the Nicholas Sparks crowd.<i>Booklist</i><br /><br />Gripping . . . [George Bishop] somehow gets into a teenage girls head and roams around there like a native. You believe in Laura; her voice never hits a false note.<i>Star-News </i>(Wilmington, N.C.)<br /><br />Before you sit down to read this book, put aside a few hours or else youll miss some appointments. You will be pulled into every paragraph.Clyde Edgerton, author of<i> The Bible Salesman</i><br /> <br /> George Bishop writes <i>Letter to My Daughter</i> with a keen eye, an open heart, and a lot of love. I am sure I will return to it again as a cautionary tale and a parable of forgiveness.Adriana Trigiani, author of<i><i> </i>Lucia, Lucia</i> and <i>Brava, Valentine</i>
zlib_text: **STILL IN LOVE**
  
  “Do you have a stamp for your letter?” Levi asked.
  
  “Not yet.”
  
  He pulled open a drawer. “We used to keep them here—Yah. Right here.” He
  pulled out a sheet of stamps and tore one off.
  
  Rosmanda stood up and crossed the kitchen. She took the stamp from his
  fingers, his warm fingertips brushing against hers, and she froze.
  
  He was so close, and with that shirt open at the neck, his bronzed skin almost
  glowing in that low kerosene light, she found her breath caught in her throat.
  Levi didn’t touch her, but when she looked up, she found those dark eyes
  locked on hers, holding her there. He smelled warm and musky, and she sucked
  in a wavering breath.
  
  Levi raised his hand and touched her chin, his work-roughened thumb moving
  over her skin and stopping at her bottom lip. That was a gesture from years
  past—something that felt uncomfortably natural between them even after all
  these years....
  
  **Books by Patricia Johns**
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  THE BISHOP’S DAUGHTER
  
    
  
  THURSDAY’S BRID