Dear Friends, I wish I may, I wish I might… Everyone can finish that line because everyone has wishes. From the time I was a child gazing up at the starlit sky, I’ve held wishes close to my heart. I knew that at some point in my writing career I’d write a book about making wishes—and seeing them come true. So I’m so excited to tell you about Twenty Wishes. Anne Marie Roche, the owner of Blossom Street Books, is a thirty-eight year old widow, and it seems that all her dreams died with her husband. She connects with a group of other widows and they start talking about the things they once wished for, things they wanted to do, places they wanted to visit, the desires of their hearts that they’d shoved into the future, the way so many of us do. Right then and there, on Valentine’s Day, a day for love and romance, they each decide to make a list of twenty wishes. Like Anne Marie and her friends, I have my own list of wishes. I want to blow bubbles with my grandchildren and chase butterflies. I want to walk along the beach with my husband and find treasure—and my guess is that treasure will be something unexpected…which is just the way it happens for Anne Marie and her friends. You probably realize that Twenty Wishes is a Blossom Street book, and if you’ve read The Shop on Blossom Street and its two sequels, you’ll recognize some of the characters—like Lydia, Susannah and Alix—who make “guest appearances” in Twenty Wishes. I want to mention that the paperback of the third Blossom Street book, Back on Blossom Street, is being released in late March. My wish is that you’ll enjoy Twenty Wishes and that Anne Marie and her friends will live on in your minds long after the final page is turned. Debbie Macomber | 
