Sherryl Woods - A Slice Of Heaven

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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#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods,

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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 HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF

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‘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 Contents Cover About the Author Booklist Title Page Copyright Note to Readers Praise Dear Reader Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Epilogue About the Publisher ,

I’m so delighted to have the secondSweet 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 we’ve all come to understand that next to family, our friends are the most important people in our lives. And friendships that have stood the test of time, with women who know our history, our mistakes, our dirty little secrets and love us just the same, are the strongest bonds of all. Friends are there to boost our spirits when we’re having a simple bad day or a crisis of monumental proportions. They can make us laugh, celebrate with us, cry with us and remind us that even on the worst day life is still worth living.

If you’re just meeting Maddie, Dana Sue and Helen for the very first time, I hope you’ll love getting to know them. If you’re renewing your friendship with them, I hope it brings back a smile or two. Most of all, I hope you have warm, wonderful friends in your life and that you treasure every minute with them.