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"Entertaining contemporary"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 15, 2004

Action star Stone Senterra visits Dahlonega, Georgia to try to meet with Grace Vance, widow of Georgia Bureau of Investigation hero Harper. Her deceased husband died two years ago taking out the psychopath Turn-Key Bomber just before the serial killer was going to blow up a hospital. The Read more...

"This one has it all - humor, drama, romance, action, and a wonderful cast of characters."
Reviewed by Lenore Howard
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 1, 2004

All widow Grace Vance wants is to be left alone to mourn her beloved husband, a federal agent who became a hero when he died stopping a mad bomber's scheme. But Stone Senterra, Hollywood action star, thinks Harper Vance's story is the perfect vehicle for his debut as a "serious" Read more...

Summary

Hollywood meets the small-town South when an action-movie star comes to a quirky Georgia community to film the true- life (and death) story of a heroic local lawman. The dead hero's widow, Grace, launches an inventive, often comic crusade to stop the filming of her late husband's very private story. She soon wins love and assistance from the movie star's personal bodyguard, a good-hearted ex-con with sad memories of his own. The movie star's nerdy son develops a crush on the heroine's shy niece, and Grace's colorful, cantankerous grandmother falls for a mysterious man from her (and her family's) past. When heart-tugging secrets come tumbling out, hero, heroine, and movie star are all surprised . . . and changed forever. Deb Smith's latest is another winner--touching on themes of love, loss, faith, and survival while keeping readers laughing from one page to the next.