<p>From the author of <em>Sit! Stay! Speak!</em> comes a tender terrific novel complete with long-buried secrets a three-legged pot belly pig and an irresistible dog-an unforgettable story about love friendship and community. Perfect for fans of Mary Kay Andrews and Mary Alice Monroe.</p><p>Caroline O'Connor never dreamed she'd be back home in Cold River Missouri the Ozark Mountain town where everyone is 'up your business.'…they mean well as they drive you crazy. She thought she'd left town for good but now she's back helping to care for her New York born mother-struck with Alzheimer's and prone to saying and doing anything-and her father the beloved local doctor frustrated he can't cure his own wife.</p><p>As for Caroline she's doing '<em>just fine' </em>coping with her parents her brazen cousin Ava Dawn's marital disasters her mostly-deaf dog…and with Noah Cranwell far-flung relative of a local family mostly infamous for running moonshine an ex-veteran who's come to Cold River with troubles of his own. </p><p>Caroline believes she knows everything about Cold River and the people who live in its hills and hollers … but sometimes life's greatest surprises happen closest to home.</p>