Slice of Heaven

Dana Sue runs the best little restaurant in Serenity, a small town full of neighbors, busybodies and best friends who all have opinions about her. She is a chef who has put on weight, and she barely has time to care. Her real worry is her teenage daughter, Annie.

Annie has been starving herself, getting thinner and thinner, ever since the day of a shouting match on the front lawn. Suitcases were thrown and names called, and Dana Sue ended up without a husband after he cheated on her.

Then Annie lands in the hospital. Dana Sue turns to Ron, the husband she threw out and still half hates. Annie still sees him as her white knight, though in Dana Sue's eyes he is badly tarnished. He also still looks good to her, and she starts to wonder whether forgiveness is possible.

Ron once let her go without putting up a fight. Now he is tired of feeling like a fool, and he wants back the life he had with her. This is a contemporary small-town romance about a second chance, with a family crisis, a teenage daughter's eating disorder and a mended marriage at the center. The tone is warm and food-minded, with some humor in the kitchen scenes.