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The Return to Redemption Series-Book OneWinner of the Romance Writers of America(r) Golden Heart(r) Award and Winner of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association(r) Zola AwardSometimes destiny has the last word (and laugh)Fate thrust them togetherBlackmail and deception tore them apartNineteen years later, their children's love reunites themNow, only truth and forgiveness can make them a family Strangling her meddling cousin is at the top of widow MAGGIE BRADFORD's to-do list - right after picking up the pieces of her shattered life following her husband's death. Her mission is to stamp out teen illiteracy, so when her cousin gives her a classified ad and encourages her to make a fresh start with her teenage daughter, unsuspecting Maggie takes the reading specialist job. The last thing she expects to discover is her new school district's head football coach is the ex-NFL quarterback and Dr. Phil wannabe who broke her heart nineteen years ago. Divorced teacher and psychologist JAKE MANION experiences an eerie sense of déjà vu when his 18-year-old son tells him he's gotten his girlfriend pregnant. The feeling simply grows stronger when Jake learns the girl's mother is the same woman he's wasted nearly two decades of bitterness on after she aborted his baby.