"Ah, Blondie…" Jed kissed her. Passionately.

A couple of minutes later, Byram and Lance came racing out of the house, then skidded to a halt beside the wicker chair.

"Shelby Lou Perkins, who's in my Sunday school class, says that's how babies get here," Byram said. "When mommies and daddies do all that kissing and hugging and stuff."

"We're getting a baby sister," Lance said proudly.

"Yeah, I know," Byram replied. "That's because our Mommy and Daddy do a lot of that stuff. I guess we're going to wind up with a whole bunch of baby brothers and sisters."

It was all Jed and Grace could do not to laugh out loud. With two little Mr. Know-it-alls, life was never dull at Belle Foret. As a matter of fact, Grace thought, life was just about perfect.

Born and bred southern belle Beverly Barton is the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller, The Fifth Victim, the USA Today The Last To Die, After Dark, As Good as Dead, Every Move She Makes, and What She Doesn't Know. She writes in the hottest segment of the genre-romantic suspense-for Kensington Publishing's Zebra Books imprint.