""I collect words. I keep them in a box in my mind. I'd like to keep them in a real ""box, something pretty, maybe a shoe box covered with flowered wrapping paper. ""Whenever I wanted, I'd open the box and pick up the papers, reading and feeling ""the words all at once. Then I could hide the box. Bu[...]
Ellyn DeMoss -- chef, cafe owner, and lover of butter -- is hiding behind a layer of fat. But what is she hiding? While Ellyn sees the good in others, she has only condemnation for herself. So when a handsome widower claims he's attracted to Ellyn, she's certain there's something wrong with him.
It appears Jenna Bouvier is losing everything: beauty, family, and wealth. When her controlling and emotionally abusive mother-in-law accuses Jenna of an affair with her spiritual director and threatens to expose them, Jenna also risks losing her reputation as a woman of faith. Will she capitulate t[...]