(Originally published as Barbara Samuel)
With her acclaimed hardcover debut, No Place Like Home, readers
enthusiastically welcomed Barbara O'Neal into the ranks of bestselling
women's fiction, applauding her stirring novel of loss and redemption.
In A Piece of Heaven, she shares another poignant tale rich in
atmosphere and insight that explores the complexity of relationships,
the importance of family, and the healing power of love.
In the sun-baked hills of New Mexico, Luna McGraw has lived a lifetime
of regrets, struggling to conquer the demons that destroyed her marriage
and caused her to lose custody of her beloved daughter. But as Luna
fights to rebuild a relationship with the troubled teenager, she remains
haunted by images of her own childhood and the father she barely knew.
Strong and resilient as the houses he builds, Thomas Coyote comes into
Luna's life one extraordinary night when his grandmother nearly dies
while conjuring a fiery brew of spiritual enchantment. Luna does not
need a man-- especially one with a needy ex-wife--to complicate her
fragile dreams of the future. Their attraction pushes them both beyond
reason into a place where there is only possibility. Yet it will take
more than passion to recover the tattered pieces of Luna's soul, more
than time to forgive the sins of an offending husband, and more than
promises to mend the broken heart of a child.
A Piece of Heaven is an irresistible novel full of colorful characters
and lush settings spiced with the magical flavors of the Southwest, a
brilliant tapestry of romance and realism by a master storyteller.
