"An excellent read!"

Deborah Smith not only touches your heart, she and her stories touch your very soul. She writes some of the best Southern Fiction I've ever read. I relish each and every one of her stories.

This is the story of two scarred and anguished people who feel as if they have nothing to live for until a small southern town in North Carolina shows them their way. Cathryn Deen has everything in the world. She is a beautiful woman with a handsome rich husband and is a very successful actress. She couldn't ask for anything more in her life until she is in a car accident which leaves half of her body badly burned and she loses everything she thinks is important to her.

Thomas Mitternich lost his wife and young son at the World Trade Center during the infamous 9/11 incident and feels as if he has nothing to live for. He makes it to Crossroads, North Carolina where he decides to stay a while. He will either drink himself to death or kill himself, whichever comes first.

Delta Witherspoon owns The Crossroads Café. People come for miles to sample her southern cooking and her wonderful southern attitude. Her one claim to fame is she is Cathryn Deen's cousin and she doesn't let anyone forget it. So when she finds out about Cathryn's accident, she recruits Thomas to help her get Cathryn back home where she belongs. This is where the real story of healing begins!

I laughed and I cried and then laughed and cried some more. This is one book that I believe is a must read. I've long been a fan of Deborah Smith's and this book is only one of the reasons why! I highly recommend this and all of her books!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted January 8, 2007

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Summary

A beautiful woman, scarred for life.

A tortured man, seeking redemption.

Brought together by fate in a small town high in the majestic Appalachian mountains

Live. Love. Believe.

Beauty is in the lie of the beholder.

Heartbroken and cynical, famed actress Catherine Deen hides from the world after a horrific accident scars her for life.

Secluded in her grandmother's North Carolina mountain home, Cathryn at first resists the friendship of the local community and the famous biscuits served up by her loyal cousin, Delta, at The Crossroads Café, until a neighbor, former New York architect Thomas Mitternich, reaches out to her.

Thomas lost his wife and son in the World Trade Center. In the years since he's struggled with alcohol and despair. He thinks nothing and no can make his life worth living again.

Until he meets Cathryn.