Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller -- Three years ago, Julie Houser fled from Wichita, Kansas, before her wedding. Julie had felt incapable of entering her husband- to- be's world-- or impressing his society dragon of a mother. But Julie had been unable to forget the love they'd shared, so she decided to return and convince him that true love was too precious to leave behind. The most difficult decision Julie had ever made was to leave Kansas. The second hardest was to go back.