Setting her story in Salvation, N.C., Phillips adeptly develops the theme of love's healing power. Broke and desperate to provide a better life for her son, gutsy Rachel Stone ends up in Salvation when her car breaks down. She knows the place?even worse, they know her as the widow of G. Dwayne Snopes, a televangelist who fled stealing millions. Luckily, Gabe Bonner, who owns a drive-in theater where Rachel asks for work, seems to be the only person who doesn't recognize her right off. Rachel's proud mettle distracts Gabe from the grief of his own tragic loss, but enemies strike out at Rachel, while Gabe's brothers mount a family defense against the gold-digging widow. Phillips (Heaven, Texas) digs deep to expose weaknesses and strengths in the psyche and faith of her characters. The result is a book that is touching, funny, sexy and humane.

I read this book in 1999 and still remember how this story pulled me in so that I fogot everything around me.
Should be a keeper, but will share -> available for trade.

reserved for trade with penelopewanders

changed the author from Susan E. Phillips to Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Thanks for the hint in that direction, Sonia.

RELEASE NOTES:

travelling in my first M-Bag to Switzerland. I wish a save journey. Please N-Joy. :)

Arrived safely in the Alps, thanks so much! Different cover on this edition. Looks like fun, thank you for sharing.

Had trouble finding this with the search function because of the E. in the name (rather than Elizabeth). Although a little heavy on the Christian values for my taste - hard to avoid with the main character the widow of a pastor, I suppose... I found this a very entertaining and enjoyable read. I do begin to wonder (and hope) that it's a conscious decision that Phillips begins many (all?)of her stories with a bedraggled heroine trudging down a road... I'll have to be more alert and see whether it's really meant to be her trademark or just fluke. I prefer to think it's intentional.
Thanks so much for trading this book with me.

Read this a while ago and now that it's been mooched I thought I'd pick it up and read it again before sending. Although I know I've read it, I've forgotten it enough that it's like reading it for the first time. I have to say it was a bit unsettling - reading this book again, and not knowing what was going to happen next. Nonetheless it was an enjoyable re-read.

After a fairly long stay in the Swiss Alps, this has now been mooched and is on its way to Greece. Enjoy! (and thanks for making it available in the first place, annadlx!)

Arrived in Athens! Thank you very "mooch"! It's going to accompany me in my vacations in Crete this summer!

Received it via bookmooch and releasing ig that way after reading it