BREAKING NEWS
Teresa "Toots" Amelia Loudenberry has her quirks, but no one --
especially not her trusted friends Sophia, Ida, and Mavis -- would ever
question her loyalty. So it's no surprise when Toots decides to extend
her stay in Charleston to help care for her ailing housekeeper.
Though the Charleston air is drenched with azalea and honeysuckle, and
there's always a pitcher of sweet tea close to hand, the ladies have
little time for relaxing. Ida's new line of cosmetics is about to
launch, and Toots, Mavis, and Sophia are relishing new careers as
models. And Abby, Toots's daughter, is getting hitched. In the middle of
so much change, Toots is almost too busy to notice her own unexpected
romance. After eight husbands, she's sworn never to get involved again.
But fate -- and her friends -- may have other plans. And every
godmother, fairy or otherwise, loves a story that ends with
happily-ever-after...
CLASSIFIED
Teresa "Toots" Amelia Loudenberry is a wealthy woman by anyone's
standards. But the riches that mean most to her are the loving friends
and family she's accumulated over the course of a life well lived. And
now that her daughter, Abby, has married her beau Chris and settled down
near Toots in Charleston, life is even more satisfying than the
delicious pralines sold at Toots's bakery, The Sweetest Thing.
Abby isn't the only one enjoying a little romance. Toots's friendship
with Dr. Phil Becker has grown unexpectedly close...and that brings both
joy and complications. It's one thing for a lady to be a little vague
about her age, but Toots hasn't been entirely honest with Phil about the
number of marriages in her past. Frankly, after burying eight husbands,
Toots suspects she should end her relationship rather than jinx Phil,
too.
As a distraction from her personal dilemma, Toots throws herself into
helping Abby and Chris open an animal rescue on their plantation. And
then another diversion hits--this one deadly serious. Two young children
have disappeared after visiting The Sweetest Thing, and police are
combing Charleston with no trace. Toots immediately enlists Ida, Sophie,
and Mavis to help in the search. But as Sophie's psychic abilities draw
them closer to the culprits, they realize the stakes are much higher
than they ever could have imagined. Courage, love, trust, and daring
have brought the Godmothers to where they are today, and they have never
needed those qualities--or each other--more....
