Judith Bozeman

The Long Road Home Judith Bozeman

Katherine Peterson hasn't seen her mother or sister for almost 10 years. When she learns that her mother is ill, Katherine sees this as an opportunity to return to Kerryville, Ga., reconcile with her mother and settle past issues with her sister, Julie. With Katherine is an adorable little tom-boy with a baseball cap, skinned knees, freckles and strawberry blond braids. Unfortunately, the first person she meets when she arrives in town is Alan Connor, the first and only man she has ever loved. His smoldering good looks still have the capability to take her breath away, and it doesn't help that his blue eyes are the exact same color of those of her nine-year-old daughter. She's thrown further off balance when she finds her mother on the brink of death, her sister is missing, and her childhood best friend is cold and unwelcomingHer mother's death the day after Katherine returns and the appearance of the missing Julie sets off an eruption that puts Katherine directly in the path of danger, but worse, could separate her from the child she loves so dearly.