Creative visualization

Folks around Dexter, Georgia, where Abby Houston grew up, say the obituary writer turned worldwide bestselling author is the luckiest woman alive. Her mama, though, says: "Lucky in life means unlucky in love." Her mama must be right, because Abby's been getting her heart broken since sixth grade. Then one day she waltzes into the tiny town of Bliss, Mississippi. Abby's used to making up quirky, charming characters in her books, but here in Bliss it almost seems like those characters have sprung to life-and Abby is fantasizing about moving right in. The townspeople have set their matchmaking minds in motion-and they aren't about to let Abby leave without a little love in her heart.

Ronda Rich is descended from 10 generations of dedicated Southern storytellers. Her popular syndicated weekly column, Dixie Divas, which was inspired by her much loved first book, What Southern Women Know, is published in newspapers across the Southeast. As a humorist and chronicler of all things Southern, she is much in-demand as a speaker and media guest and commentator.