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Moving to San Francisco offers Kate Madison a fresh start -- just what Kate and her two daughters need after her firefighter husband's tragic death. A move out of Oklahoma City's tornado zone and snakes and . . . wait. Earthquakes? San Francisco has earthquakes!

Kate arrives to find not earthquakes but friends ready to help, from fun-loving neighbor Mazi to Lee, the advice-giving mailman. Maybe Lee's tips can help Kate with her mother-in-law, whose agenda seems to be less to support Kate than to take over. Then Kate discovers Mazi has a painful secret and forgets her own troubles as she takes on her friend's. An ounce of prevention may be worth a pound of cure, but Kate learns that friendship, family and faith are worth much, much more.

RITA Award finalist Lori Copeland, a recipient of the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, lives with her high school sweetheart turned husband in the beautiful Ozarks and values the time she spends with her three sons, daughters-in-law and wonderful grandchildren.