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  Special thanks to Hayley Stone for being an amazing critique partner and friend. Many other writers and editors assisted me at various stages with encouragement or feedback. I want to thank Naomi Hughes, Bob Stephens, Michelle Hauck, Lora Douglas, Esher Hogan, Margarita Montimore, Laura Heffernan, Anne Lipton, and Jessa Russo.

  I want to express my deep appreciation to Curiosity Quills for publishing my book. I’ll never forget the moment I saw the comment from Alisa Gus on my Pitchmas entry: she wanted to see the first few pages of INCONCEIVABLE. The next thing I knew, I had a request for the full manuscript from acquisitions editor Vicki Keire. I can’t thank you enough, Vicki, for seeing the potential of my manuscript and advocating for its publication. I love the vision that Vicki and Alisa have for the romance genre and the fact that it’s big enough to include books like INCONCEIVABLE. I’m exceedingly grateful for my super talented CQ editor, Christina Ferko, who helped me take the manuscript to a whole new level. Christina, you were the perfect editor for this book. Thank you for bringing such a personal touch to your reading and editing of INCONCEIVABLE. I’m forever grateful. I want to also thank Matthew Phillips who designed my book’s gorgeous cover. Alisa Gus said it best: it’s stunning! Many tips of the hat to Eugene Teplitsky, Andrew Buckley, Nikki Tetreault, Clare Dugmore, and the rest of the CQ team who work passionately to put outstanding books in the hands of readers. I appreciate your patience and kindness as we journeyed together to “birth” my book. You’ve made my dream of being a published author a reality! I love being a part of the CQ family, and appreciate my fellow CQ authors who generously share their expertise. You guys are tops!

  I must surely thank you, dear reader, for investing your time and dollars in this story. In purchasing this book, you’re a part of changing other people’s stories: I’m donating half the royalties from INCONCEIVABLE to Baby Quest and Half the Sky Foundation. Pamela Hirsch brings such passion to her work with Baby Quest, an organization that helps infertile couples afford medical procedures in their pursuit of parenthood. I applaud you, Pamela, for your dedication and hard work. And thanks for being so enthusiastic about my book from the first moment I reached out to you. The other organization that’s receiving support is Half the Sky Foundation. Its sole purpose is to improve the lives of orphans in China.

  Finally, I thank God for giving me a story and the courage to tell it.

  The best compliment Tegan Wren ever received came from her sixth grade teacher: “You always have a book in your hand!”

  Guided by her love of the creative process, Tegan grew up acting in theatre productions and writing poetry, short stories, and plays. She turned her eye to writing about real life when she worked as a journalist, producing reports for various radio and television stations in medium and large markets in the Midwest and also filing some stories for a major national news network. She spent several years writing online content, which ranged from creating descriptions of toilets for a retail website to composing a blog post about visiting Maui.

  She’s had the opportunity to travel overseas, and uses those adventures to inform her writing. She also draws inspiration from her own struggles and life experiences. Tegan and her husband, Patrick, experienced infertility for five years before becoming parents through adoption.

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  Yesterday Vika Serkova was in New York, eating takeout alone in her closet-sized apartment. Today she wakes up with a wedding ring on her finger, next to a man who claims to be her husband. In a designer flat in St Petersburg, Russia. The Cinderella story shatters when her husband drops the bomb about why she’s forgotten everything, about the work she does with her father, and about her current assignment for the Russian President. To save herself and the family she is beginning to remember Vika needs to fool them into defecting. A perfect plan but only if she can manage it with her Russian memory MIA and her opponents set on destroying each other even before Vika’s manicure dries.

  Appetizer:

  Book Cover

  Title Page

  Dedication

  Main Course:

  Part I

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Part II

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Chapter Thirty-Two

  Chapter Thirty-Three

  Chapter Thirty-Four

  Chapter Thirty-Five

  Chapter Thirty-Six

  Chapter Thirty-Seven

  Chapter Thirty-Eight

  Chapter Thirty-Nine

  Chapter Forty

  Chapter Forty-One

  Chapter Forty-Two

  Chapter Forty-Three

  Part III

  Chapter Forty-Four

  Chapter Forty-Five

  Chapter Forty-Six

  Chapter Forty-Seven

  Chapter Forty-Eight

  Chapter Forty-Nine

  Chapter Fifty

  Chapter Fifty-One

  Chapter Fifty-Two

  Chapter Fifty-Three

  Chapter Fifty-Four

  Chapter Fifty-Five

  Chapter Fifty-Six

  Chapter Fifty-Seven

  John's Epilogue

  Dessert:

  Acknowledgements

  Closing

  About the Author

  Copyright & Publisher

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