title: For the Love of July: a novel (Twelve Months, Twelve Love Stories)
author:  L. B. Joyce 
description: L. B. Joyce lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. A freelance artist by day, with designing Christmas ornaments her specialty and a writer by night, she always has something going on. She loves getting lost in a good book, has redecorated almost every room in her house more times than shed like to admit, loves baking up a storm in her kitchen, hates housework with a passion and will drive just about anywhere because of her fear of flying. Check out www.facebook.com/12LoveStories to get the latest news about both For the Love of July and A Million Decembers. And be sure to stop by www.facebook.com/LBGlitterGirl to see her latest designs. She would love to hear from you! Enjoy!
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  > **A Cheyenne Christmas**
  
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  > Caroline Lee
  
    
  
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  _For all of us Mollys who were_
  
   _surprised—and delighted—to_
  
   _discover the beautiful ordinariness_
  
   _of True Love._  
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  ©RKL, 2013
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  Cover photo by Ryan Holst
  
    
  
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  **Table of Contents**
  
    
  
  Chapter 1 ………………………………….……... 1
  
  Chapter 2 ………………………………….……... 12
  
  Chapter 3 ………………………………….……... 18
  
  Chapter 4 ………………………………….……... 25
  
  Chapter 5 ………………………………….……... 38
  
  Chapter 6 ………………………………….……... 44
  
  Chapter 7 ………………………………….……... 54
  
  Chapter 8 ………………………………….……... 63
  
  Chapter 9 ………………………………….……... 71
  
  Chapter 10 ……………………………….………. 79
  
  Chapter 11 ………………………………….…….. 88
  
  Chapter 12 ……………………………………….. 100
  
  Chapter 13 ……………………………………….. 110
  
  Chapter 14 ……………………………………….. 121
  
    
    
    
    
    
  
   **Chapter 1**
  
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  **December 1875**
  
    
  
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