A Slice Of Heaven. Sherryl Woods

      

      SHERRYL WOODS, author of nearly 150 novels, is currently seeing her career come full circle, from her days as a television critic for several newspapers to now having two of her series produced for TV. The latest, her Sweet Magnolias series, has been developed for Netflix and her Chesapeake Shores series has completed four seasons so far for Hallmark Channel. Woods divides her time between her new winter home in Jacksonville Beach, Florida and her childhood summer home in Colonial Beach, Virginia.

      Also available from Sherryl Woods

       and Mills & Boon

       The Sweet Magnolias series

      Stealing Home

      A Slice of Heaven

      Feels Like Family

      Welcome to Serenity

      Home in Carolina

      Sweet Tea at Sunrise

      Honeysuckle Summer

      Midnight Promises

      Catching Fireflies

      Where Azaleas Bloom

      Swan Point

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      A Slice of Heaven

      Sherryl Woods

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      ISBN: 978-1-408-95618-2

      A SLICE OF HEAVEN

      © 2007 Sherryl Woods

      Published in Great Britain 2020

      by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF

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       Praise for Sherryl Woods

      ‘Sherryl Woods writes emotionally satisfying novels about

       family, friendship and home. Truly feel-great reads!’

       —#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber

      ‘Woods is a master heartstring puller.’

       —Publishers Weekly on Seaview Inn

      ‘Woods’s readers will eagerly anticipate her trademark

       small-town setting, loyal friendships, and honorable

       mentors as they meet new characters and reconnect

       with familiar ones in this heartwarming tale.’

       —Booklist on Home in Carolina

      ‘Once again, Woods, with such authenticity,

       weaves a tale of true love and the challenges

       that can knock up against that love.’

       —RT Book Reviews on Beach Lane

      ‘In this sweet, sometimes funny and often touching story,

       the characters are beautifully depicted, and readers…will…

       want to wish themselves away to Seaview Key.’

       —RT Book Reviews on Seaview Inn

      ‘Woods…is noted for appealing character-driven

       stories that are often infused with the flavor

       and fragrance of the South.’

       —Library Journal

      ‘A reunion story punctuated by family drama,

       Woods’s first novel in her new Ocean Breeze series

       is touching, tense and tantalizing.’

       —RT Book Reviews on Sand Castle Bay

      ‘A whimsical, sweet scenario…the digressions have

       their own charm, and Woods never fails to come back

       to the romantic point.

       —Publishers Weekly on Sweet Tea at Sunrise

      Dear Reader,

      I’m so delighted to have the second Sweet Magnolias book available again to coincide with the new Sweet Magnolias series on Netflix, starring JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott and Heather Headley. When I first came up with the idea for a series about three lifelong friends who’d been through thick and thin together, I had no idea how many women would be added to this core group over the years or how readers would come to love that bond and the entire community of Serenity, South Carolina. I hope Netflix viewers will embrace them, too.

      As women, I think