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  “Thank you.” Love clogged Tessa’s throat. Had she ever been this happy? “You are the best friends I will ever have.”

  In the middle, Sam wrapped an arm around each of them. “Your wedding will be the happiest day this island has seen for years. You two have been almost sisters your whole lives; now you’ll actually be family.”

  “We were always family.” Tessa leaned into Sam. “All three of us.”

  Cate clinked her glass against Tessa’s, then Sam’s. “And we always will be.”

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  After writing ten Rogue River novellas, we were ready to write about new characters and a new location. A trip to the beautiful San Juan Islands convinced us a Pacific Northwest island would be a fabulous setting for more mystery and murder, and the concept of Widow’s Island was born. We carried over a couple of characters from Rogue River—we weren’t ready to leave it completely behind. Thank you to Montlake and our editor, Anh Schluep, for their enthusiasm about this project. Thank you to Charlotte Herscher for helping us sound like we know what we’re doing. Thank you to our readers, who loved our first novella series and constantly begged for more. We hope you enjoy Widow’s Island as much as we do.

  Kendra Elliot

  Melinda Leigh

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Photo © 2016 Jared Gruenwald Photography

  Number one Amazon Charts and number one Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh is a fully recovered banker. Leigh’s debut novel, She Can Run, was nominated for Best First Novel by the International Thriller Writers. She’s garnered numerous writing awards, including two RITA nominations. Her other novels include She Can Tell, She Can Scream, She Can Hide, She Can Kill, Midnight Exposure, Midnight Sacrifice, Midnight Betrayal, Midnight Obsession, Hour of Need, Minutes to Kill, Seconds to Live, Say You’re Sorry, Her Last Goodbye, Bones Don’t Lie, What I’ve Done, Secrets Never Die, Save Your Breath, Cross Her Heart, See Her Die, Drown Her Sorrows, and Right Behind Her. She holds a second-degree black belt in Kenpo Karate, has taught women’s self-defense, and lives in a messy house with her family and a small herd of rescue pets. For more information, visit www.melindaleigh.com.