Jacob's Ladder: Gabe (Jacob's Ladder #1)

“Yes, really.”

“Even though I don’t easily relate to kids and can sometimes be impatient?”

I laughed. “You’ll do fine. You have so much love in your heart to give to Linc.”

“And to our children.”

Sweeping my hand to my forehead, I said, “Whoa now, let’s not get too crazy.”

“You don’t want to have five or six?” Gabe asked teasingly.

“Do you seriously want me to pass out?” I replied.

“All joking aside, Rae, I want us to be a complete family. I want you and Linc to carry my name.”

“So do I.” I smiled at him. “And I want to give you a baby. Maybe not five, but I want to see you hold a piece of yourself in your arms.”

“I’d like that very much.”

“Then let’s go back to the hotel and start practicing for the day when you get me pregnant.”

Gabe laughed. “I like that idea very much.”





Eternal gratitude always to my beta reader/plot adviser extraordinaire , Kim Bias.

To my content editor and manuscript magic maker, Marion Archer—I always say I can never put out a novel without you, and it’s the truth.

Thanks to Lauren Perry of Perrywinkle Photography for the wonderful photoshoot of the Chatwin’s. It was so fun flying out to Salt Lake to watch the shoot.

Thanks to Darick and Cara Chatwin for being my cover couple. It was amazing not only to find twins who fit the descriptions in my mind, but to find they were both married to the female counterparts I needed was truly amazing.

Thanks also to Lori Jackson for the beautiful interior design and gorgeous teasers.

And many, many thanks to the readers who loved the Runaway Train series and wanted to see books about Eli and Gabe.





Katie Ashley is a New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon Best-Selling author of both Indie and Traditionally published books. She lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her daughter, Olivia, her spoiled mutt, Duke, and her cats Harry and Hermoine. She has a slight obsession with Pinterest, The Golden Girls, Shakespeare, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Scooby-Doo.

With a BA in English, a BS in Secondary English Education, and a Masters in Adolescent English Education, she spent eleven years teaching both middle and high school English, as well as a few adjunct college English classes. As of January 2013, she became a full-time writer. She loves traveling the country and world meeting readers.