The best of friends, Toots, Ida, Mavis, and Sophie have been there for each other through thick and thin. Now Sophie needs the rest of the Godmothers to help her through something they've never faced before....
As Sophie De Luca has learned, many things really are better the second time around. She's celebrating a wonderful year of marriage to her sweet second husband, Goebel. Meanwhile, the rekindled bond between Sophie and her childhood friends Toots, Ida, and Mavis is stronger and more supportive than it's ever been. All four are happily settled outside of Charleston, and Toots, who'd sworn to never marry again after eight trips down the aisle, is so blissfully content with her beau that she might be ready for lucky number nine...with a little coaxing.
Yet ever since she and Goebel moved into their new home, Sophie has sensed something a little...unusual. Old houses often contain items left behind from previous owners, but what remains in this case is the legacy of a painful secret that only Sophie's unique gift can uncover. It's a special kind of challenge...and who better than three extraordinary friends to help her do it?
Release date:
April 25, 2017
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Fancy Dancer No Safe Secret Wishes for Christmas About Face Perfect Match A Family Affair Forget Me Not The Blossom Sisters Balancing Act Tuesday's Child
Betrayal Southern Comfort To Taste the Wine Sins of the Flesh Sins of Omission Return to Sender Mr. and Miss Anonymous Up Close and Personal Fool Me Once
Picture Perfect The Future Scrolls Kentucky Sunrise Kentucky Heat Kentucky Rich Plain Jane Charming Lily What You Wish For The Guest List Listen to Your
Heart Celebration Yesterday Finders Keepers Annie's Rainbow Sara's Song Vegas Sunrise Vegas Heat Vegas Rich Whitefire Wish List Dear Emily Christmas at
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Razor Sharp Under the Radar Final Justice Collateral Damage Fast Track Hokus Pokus Hide and Seek Free Fall Lethal Justice Sweet Revenge The Jury Vendetta
Payback Weekend Warriors
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Table of Contents
Books by Fern Michaels: Also by Title Page Copyright Page Cast of Characters Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five
Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight SPIRITED AWAY Dabney House Peach Jam A Family Affair Late Edition Crash and Burn
Cast of Characters
The Godmothers
Toots
Sophie
Mavis
Ida
Four lifelong friends who first met in junior high school. Sophie, Mavis, and Ida all serve as godmothers to Toots's daughter Abby. After an extended stint
on the West Coast, they have returned to South Carolina.
Family, Friends, and Significant Others
Abby-Toots's daughter. Reporter and former editor-in-chief of the Informer.
Chris-Abby's husband and father of their twins, Amy and Jonathan.
Phil-Toots's boyfriend, a doctor and upcoming novelist.
Goebel-Sophie's second husband, a retired New York City police officer.
Bernice-Toots's friend.
Daniel-Bernice's son and Ida's boyfriend, an attorney.
Robert-Bernice's boyfriend and Toots's neighbor.
Wade-Mavis's boyfriend and co-owner of their funeral parlor.
Animal Friends
Frankie-Toots's dachshund.
Chester-Abby and Chris's German shepherd.
Coco-Mavis's Chihuahua.
Prologue
Dabney House
Florence Dabney waited at the top of the staircase while Theodore said goodbye to their guests. They had celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary
tonight, and she couldn't wait for the evening to end. Just couldn't wait to be alone with her husband.
Her low-waisted, bright scarlet dress, with a full, just-below-the-knee hemline and bodice typical of the times, fell around her, yet when she tried to
grasp the silky material, her hand appeared as though it was passing through her dress. Again, she tried to touch her dress, yet she still could not feel
the material in her hand. She remembered dressing earlier tonight as she prepared for their evening dinner party. Ruth, her personal maid, had made sure
that the way her dress fell around her hid the slight burgeoning of her waistline. She recalled Matilda Watson's remark last week, pointing out that
Florence was no longer as thin as Cora Russell, and that maybe she should not overindulge in Cook's sweets. Florence had smiled, knowing full well that
there was a perfectly reasonable explanation for her thickening midsection.
Tonight, she would tell Theodore all about that reason. Though she was unsure of exactly what his response would be to her important news, she took heart.
Ever since their nuptials, he'd talked of nothing else but having an heir. Possibly, he would visit her rooms later tonight-after he learned she was with
child, carrying his much-desired heir.
Though Florence had dreaded that part of their marriage once she and Theodore were betrothed, she knew it was required and gave Theodore his needed relief.
As a child, when her mother entertained guests, she'd very often overheard whispered discussions about what took place on one's wedding night. Truthfully,
being raised as she had been, until her own wedding night, she'd been completely unaware of what happened between a husband and a wife. Though it had not
been as pleasurable as the hushed whispers had suggested, making her wonder what all the fuss was about, other than experiencing a moment of intense pain,
she had found the experience not entirely unacceptable.
Again, she reached for the luxurious silk, and, for the second time, she was unable to feel the soft texture of the fine material that had been shipped all
the way from Spain. For a moment, she felt a slight tremor of fright, but then disregarded it. There was nothing for her to fear. Her evening had been
pleasant if somewhat long. The Hamiltons had been very impressed with Cook's baked quail and peas. Conversation about the arrival of goods for use in a new
method of using waste products to fertilize the fields had dominated the evening. Theodore was quite excited about the new shipment arriving and could
hardly talk of anything else. Actually, she thought it was distasteful dinner conversation, but it was not her place to voice an opinion.
Downstairs, she could hear Theodore bid a final goodnight to the Hamiltons. As she waited for him, she smiled in anticipation, suddenly even more excited. A
child would make Theodore happy. As of late, their marriage had not been quite as pleasant as it had been those first few months, since dear Theodore had so
many responsibilities running the plantation he'd inherited from his father on the day of their wedding in June of 1921. Florence adored her position as the
lady of the manor and took her duties as a wife quite seriously.
Taking a deep breath, she suddenly felt chilled, and the air around her had become icy, unlike anything she'd ever known. It was so cold, and as she
exhaled, she saw wafts of air come from her mouth. Again, she felt frightened and desperately wished that Theodore ...
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