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  The night before, she’d gone out to the market to pick up a few last minute items. When she returned home, she found that Ben had set up candles around the living room. He’d even put some inside the fireplace since it was too warm for a fire. In front of the fireplace he’d spread out his sleeping bag. On the coffee table, a bottle of sparkling cider was chilling in an ice bucket, and next to it was a platter of gorgeous sushi.

  “I thought we might have our own housewarming party tonight,” he’d said, taking the groceries from her.

  After eating, they’d made long leisurely love on the sleeping bag and had spent the night there.

  “Thank you for all this,” she said to him, still keeping her eyes facing out the front window, “especially for last night. It was perfect. It’s all perfect, except for one thing.”

  Ben squeezed her tight and whispered, “I know.”

  “She’s not coming,” Winnie said more to herself than to Ben.

  “Maybe not today,” he told her in a soft voice, “but one day Tiffany will come back to you. You watch.”

  Winnie hoped that was true.

  THE END

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  A big shout out to all the people who helped make this book possible through their support of the Winnie Wilde Kickstarter campaign.

  Sometimes it takes a village to create a new series.

  Anonymous Donor #1

  Anonymous Donor #2

  Helen Bender

  Marge Burglund

  Kay Butler

  Vikki Cleveland

  Pam Del Monte

  Ann Fernan

  Carla Garnett

  Susan Groeneweg

  Beth H.

  Jane Harada

  Ann Marie Hattersley

  Amanda Hayes-Kibreab

  Trudie Levins

  Alisa Loudner

  Paul and Amy Marks

  Barbara Marracino

  Stacie Neroni

  Arlene Nieves

  Alan S. Orloff

  Heidi Orndorff

  Doug and Shirley Pearson

  Peter Peng

  Bonnie Peskoe-Smith

  M. Carolyn Proctor

  Jennifer Rader

  Keith Raffel

  Cyn Rielley

  Colleen Ringel

  Katherine and Pat Sanger

  Kevin Shingatok

  Patricia Silver

  Heide van den Akker

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Meg Chambers is a pen name of best-selling author Sue Ann Jaffarian. Running Wilde is her first Winnie Wilde novella.

  Other works of fiction by Sue Ann Jaffarian include:

  The Odelia Grey Mystery Series

  Novels

  Too Big to Miss

  The Curse of the Holy Pail

  Thugs and Kisses

  Booby Trap

  Corpse on the Cob

  Twice As Dead

  Hide and Snoop

  Second-Hand Stiff

  Hell On Wheels

  A Body to Spare (coming October 2015)

  Short Stories

  Ho Ho Humbug

  The Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series

  Novels

  Ghost à la Mode

  The Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini

  Gem of a Ghost

  Ghost of a Gamble

  Ghost in the Guacamole

  Novellas

  The Silent Ghost

  Dummy of a Ghost

  The Ghost of Mistletoe Mary (coming November 2015)

  The Madison Rose Vampire Mysteries

  Murder In Vein

  Baited Blood

  The Holidays From Hell Short Stories

  The Rabbit Died

  Pull My Paw

  Where’s Your Daddy

  Rockets’ Red Glare

  Other Short Stories

  Love Bytes

  Early Retirement

  In addition to writing, Ms. Jaffarian is a full-time paralegal in Los Angeles, California, and a motivational speaker.

  You can visit her on the web at:

  Official Website for Meg Chambers

  Meg Chambers on Facebook

  Meg Chambers on Twitter

  Official Website for Sue Ann Jaffarian

  Sue Ann Jaffarian on Facebook

  Sue Ann Jaffarian on Twitter

  Sue Ann Jaffarian Fan Club

  RUNNING WILDE

  by Meg Chambers

  Copyright 2015 Meg Chambers

  Cover Design by The Killion Group

  Formatted by The Killion Group

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