Tallulah MacBride hasn't been back to North Carolina since her parents' tragic deaths twenty years ago. Now Tal heads to cousin Delta Whittlespoon's famous Crossroads Cafe in the mountains above Asheville, hoping to find a safe hiding place for her young daughter. What she finds is Cousin Delta gone, the cafe in a biscuit crisis, and a Scotsman who believes she needs a knight in shining flannel. And then a pair of sinister private eyes shows up.
Deborah Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 35 novels in romance and women's fiction. Her books include 21 series romances under her real name and under two pen names (Jackie Leigh and Jacquelyn Lennox). She is also co-owner, editorial director, and a founding partner of BelleBooks, a small press.