Patterns of Love

Swedish immigrant Inga Linberg might not be as beautiful as her flirtatious sisters, but that doesn't meant she doesn't share their romantic ideas. When Dirk Bridger, a handsome but beleaguered Iowa farmer, approaches her minister father for help in caring for his orphaned nieces and ailing mother, Inga immediately volunteers.

Inga goes to live at the Bridger farm as a housekeeper and finds that all is in disarray. Gradually, with patience and understanding, she begins to smooth the family's rough edges. As Inga falls in love with Dirk's little nieces, she is helplessly drawn to their bitter uncle,too. If only there was a way to live forever with this charming but lost family. But could she risk her secret dream of being loved by Dirk in return, when she knows that his dream is to leave them all behind?

Robin Lee Hatcher has had a Iong term love affair w ith books, particularly those set ill times past. She began writing for her own pleasure while a young student, but it wasn't until 1981 that she decided to write her first novel.

Now the bestselling author of twenty-four novels ind two novellas, with more than four million copies in print, Robin Lee Hatcher has won numerous awards, including the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Americana Romance. She served as president of Romance Writers Of America from 1992 to 1994 and was RWA's first National Literacy Chairperson from 1994 to 1996. Because of her efforts on behalf of literacy, Laubach International named their mard for best romance novel for new readers "The Robin Award."

She and her husband, Jerry, live in Boise, Idaho. Readers can visit her web site at http://www.robinleehatcher.com or write her atP.O. Box 4-122, Boise, ID 837 11-4722.