Deborah Smith Reviews

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Added May 14, 2007

The Crossroads Cafe

Author: Deborah Smith
Publisher: Belle Books
Available At: Bookstores everywhere
Publishing Date: September 2006
Genre: Romance: Contemporary
Format: Trade paper
Price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0-9768760-5-1
ISBN-13: 9780976876052
Author Email/Website: http://www.deborah-smith.com/
Reviewer: Joyce Handzo
Rating: 9 Gargoyles

Grab a seat at The Crossroads Café and be prepared for a five star novel! Deborah Smith has cooked up a story with all the essential elements: vibrant characters, genuine emotions and a plot that sizzles with love and passion.

A beautiful woman, now horribly scarred, and a man who lost his beloved family in the World Trade Center explosion each seek solace in the North Carolina Smokies. The quiet town allowed them the necessary privacy to heal from their respective wounds, yet neither of them was anonymous to this caring community. Friendship and love reached out to these hurting people, offering them a way back into a world that had forever changed them.

These pages literally tremble with emotional appeal. As the author traces the lives of Cathryn Deen and Thomas Mitternich, readers are invited into the hearts of minds of these characters. Their pain is almost tangible, while a faint flicker of hope wavers under the crushing weight of despair. As their stories become intertwined, tentative beginnings, misunderstandings and dangerous thoughts threaten their recoveries. Exceptional writing captures their moods with skill and sensitivity, causing this story to leap with life.

The gentleness and friendliness of Southern hospitality creates an atmosphere filled with genuine love. An easygoing touch of humor causes smiles, while the intensity of emotions produces gasps and sighs. The romantic tension between Cathryn and Thomas is charged with meaning and magnetism. Every event and encounter adds an essential layer to this novel, blanketing it with a sense of reality that is truly startling.

The Crossroads Café offers readers a cozy place to curl up.

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