Uncommon Hero

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"I always work in minor emergencies. Major rescues must be scheduled for alternate Tuesdays, and I fight dragons by appointment only." </div> <bR> <div> McDuff doesn't permit anonymity. He is strong, perceptive, patient, almost maddeningly gallant, and the one hint he simply will not take is hers in pushing him away. Gently persistent, he breaks down her barriers to help her build a</div> <div> friendship. </div> <bR> <div> And to Elena, intent on her slow recovery, that's all they  have or need: friendship. She sees in him no knight in shining armor, but only McDuff, construction worker, gentle country bumpkin, kind and friendly when she desperately needs a friend. She doesn't even notice that her uncommon</div> <div> hero has begun his latest major rescue.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***</div> <bR> <div> "As always with Modean's books, I can't say enough in praise.</div> <div> This is real romance, the way romance should be--And hey,</div> <div> it's the way romance novels should be, too. </div> <bR> <div> "Seriously, Modean's characters are always so real, her</div> <div> situations so believable, her resolutions so</div> <div> satisfying...You should stop reading what I have to say</div> <div> about it, and go read the book for yourself. You can't go</div> <div> wrong with a Modean Moon book."</div> <div>      --Melisa Michaels, Executive Editor, Embiid Publishing</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***</div> <bR> <div> Once again, I've set a book in the hills of beautiful southeastern Oklahoma. Links abound in my "<A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links Contact "><U>Links</U></A>" page, which I built originally for the Pitchlyn County books, and at the individual pages for <A HREF="simplewords.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Simple Words"><U><I>Simple Words </I></U></A>and <A HREF="innameonly.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In Name Only"><U><I>In Name Only</I></U></A><I>.</I></div> <bR> <div> I hope you enjoy visiting my world; I know I love sharing it with you.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ***</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="https://members.tripod.com/bin/counter/uncommonhero.htm?000000" ALT="[Tripod Counter]">  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>