Publisher's Synopsis
Ghosts!One is laughing down from heaven.One wears rags.One is falling in love with her.Melanie's faith is shaken.Her husband Larry is dead. They had only been married a few hours before he was arrested. Will her best friend Natalie be enough? Who will understand about Larry's crime, his deception and how he died? Surely not her new friend Robert who lost his wife to cancer; no deception there. Just sadness.Should she believe the homeless old woman who claims to be Larry's estranged mother, calling herself Melanie's mother-in-law? Especially when the raggedy old lady stalks her and camps on her doorstep. Why did the woman abandon her son and husband over thirty years ago? Robert gives her empathy and support . . . until his own secret is revealed.All Melanie has left of Larry is the gorgeous blue diamond ring!Her special group of friends, the Candy Canes, promise to pray for her. But, is prayer enough? She counts on all of them for support and answers! The love of a dog with her shaggy fur, big eyes and her kisses may have to be enough.Larry, his homeless mother, and even Robert, all haunt her. Her only normalcy is teaching the adorable three-year-olds in her preschool class. Maybe little Jackson will help put the ghosts to rest.
