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Nights in Rodanthe
AND #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
NICHOLAS SPARKS
“Extremely hard to put down… a love story and a good love story at that.”
—Boston Herald
“The master of the love story genre… vivid characters… He’s also adept at bringing a background to life.”
—Amarillo Globe-News
“Worth spending a night with.”
—People
“A page-turner.”
—Connecticut Post
“With immeasurable intensity and precision… Sparks is once again exploring the mysterious ways of the heart.”
—Writer’s Digest
A Bend in the Road
“Sweet, accessible, uplifting… expect instant bestsellerdom.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A powerful tale of true love.”
—Booklist
“A charming and thoughtful love story… Don’t miss it; this is a book that’s light on the surface but with subtle depths.”
—BookLoons.com
“A moving story. Nicholas Sparks fans will love it.”
—TheBookHaven.net
The Rescue
“A modern master of fateful love stories.”
—BookPage
“A romantic page-turner… Sparks’s fans won’t be disappointed.”
—Glamour magazine
“All of Sparks’s trademark elements—love, loss, and small-town life—are present in this terrific read.”
—Booklist
A Walk to Remember
“An extraordinary book… touching, at times riveting… a book you won’t soon forget.”
—Sunday New York Post
“A sweet tale of young but everlasting love.”
—Chicago Sun-Times
“Bittersweet… a tragic yet spiritual love story.”
—Variety
“Sparks proves once again that he is a master at pulling heartstrings… it will enthrall Sparks’s numerous fans.”
—Booklist
Message in a Bottle
“The novel’s unabashed emotion—and an unexpected turn—will put tears in your eyes.”
—People
“Glows with moments of tenderness… has the potential to delve deeply into the mysteries of eternal love.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Deeply moving, beautifully written, and extremely romantic.”
—Booklist
“Brew the tea or pour a glass of wine—whatever is your pleasure. And settle in… you’re in for another treat.”
—Oakland Press
The Notebook
“Nicholas Sparks… will not let you go. His novel shines.”
—Dallas Morning News
“Proves that good things come in small packages… a classic tale of love.”
—Christian Science Monitor
“The lyrical beauty of this touching love story… will captivate the heart of every reader… and establish Nicholas Sparks as a gifted novelist.”
—Denver Rocky Mountain News
Also by Nicholas Sparks
The Notebook
Message in a Bottle
A Walk to Remember
The Rescue
A Bend in the Road
The Guardian
The Wedding
Three Weeks with My Brother (with Micah Sparks)
True Believer
At First Sight
Dear John
The Choice
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2002 by Nicholas Sparks
All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
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First eBook Edition: September 2002
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ISBN: 978-0-7595-2728-7
Contents
Praise for Nights in Rodanthe
Also by Nicholas Sparks
Copyright
Acknowledgments
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
For Landon, Lexie, and Savannah
Acknowledgments
Nights in Rodanthe, as with all my novels, couldn’t have been