Please enjoy these free prequels to the novel Enduring Promises of the Heart.  In the novel by the same name, the local Gazette features short stories each week by Penelope Pottifer.  The novel starts many volumes into the gazette stories.   These short stores are the prequels to just that part of the story. The novel also has the story of the writer, her friends and family, and how the Gazette short stories intertwine into their lives.