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Carr first introduced the town of Grace Valley, California, inDeep in the Valley (2000). In this visit, there's big news aboutbeloved physician Dr. June Hudson--she is pregnant--and the locals,especially her father, are wondering when she's going to tie the knotwith retired DEA agent Jim Post. The serendipitous, quirky townsfolkinclude a preacher with a gambling problem; June's octogenariannovelist aunt, who murders her absent husband over and over again inher books; and an insurance agent who wants to risk everything tobecome a carpenter. There are just enough real-life problems in thistown to keep it from being literally too good to be true, and readerswho enjoy books about small-town life, such as Curtiss Ann Matlock'sOklahoma series (Driving Lessons [2000], Cold Tea on a Hot Day[2001]) and Marilyn Pappano's Bethlehem, New York, series (Heavenon Earth [2002], Father to Be [1999]), will also enjoy readingabout the good folks of Grace Valley. Shelley Mosley
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Grace Valley, California -- where you're never far from home . . . In the peaceful town of Grace Valley, neighbors are like family -- and just as meddlesome, too. June Hudson is the town's doctor, a caring, capable woman who now has a bit of explaining to do. People are beginning to notice the bloom in her cheeks -- and the swell of her belly. Happily, DEA agent Jim Post is back in June's arms for good, newly retired from undercover work and ready for new beginnings here in Grace Valley. Expecting the unexpected is a way of life in Grace Valley, and the community is overflowing with gossip right now. Who is the secret paramour June's aunt Myrna is hiding? Does the town's pokerplaying pastor have too many aces up his sleeve? But when dangers, from man and nature, rise up with a vengeance to threaten June and the town, this community pulls together and shows what it's made of. And Jim discovers the true meaning of happiness here in Grace Valley: there really is no place like home.

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Grace Valley, California — where you're never far from home . . .

In the peaceful town of Grace Valley, neighbors are like family — and just as meddlesome, too.

June Hudson is the town's doctor, a caring, capable woman who now has a bit of explaining to do. People are beginning to notice the bloom in her cheeks — and the swell of her belly. Happily, DEA agent Jim Post is back in June's arms for good, newly retired from undercover work and ready for new beginnings here in Grace Valley.

Expecting the unexpected is a way of life in Grace Valley, and the community is overflowing with gossip right now. Who is the secret paramour June's aunt Myrna is hiding? Does the town's pokerplaying pastor have too many aces up his sleeve?