One Last Weekend by Linda Lael Miller

and been tragically widowed. He’d worked his way up through the ranks, and now he was head man.
    Addie tore herself away from the pictures and checked out the kitchen. Same ancient oak table, chairs with handsewn cushions, and avocado-green appliances. Even Eliza’s antique percolator was in its customary place on the counter.
    It was almost as if the apartment had been preserved as a sort of memorial, yet the effect was heart-warming.
    Suspended above the counter was Eliza’s matchbox Advent calendar, the fraying ends and middle of the supporting ribbon carefully taped into place.
    A powerful yearning swept through Addie. She approached the calendar, ran her fingers lightly from one box to another. Her throat closed, and the tears she’d blinked away earlier came back with a vengeance.
    â€œOh, Eliza,” she whispered, “I’d give anything to see you again.”

Linda Lael Miller began her publishing career in 1983 at Pocket Books. Since then, Linda has successfully published historicals, contemporaries, paranormals, and thrillers before coming home, in a literal sense, and concentrating on novels with a Western flavor. For her devotion to her craft, the Romance Writers of America awarded her their prestigious Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
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    Linda’s 2011 contemporary Creed Cowboy trilogy— A Creed In Stone Creek, Creed’s Honor and The Creed Legacy, released in March, June and July, respectively—each debuted in the number one position on the New York Times bestseller list. To learn more about Linda, please visit her at www.lindalaelmiller.com .