Luke Boudreau heads to the Mississippi home of his army buddy, Calvin Abbot, who was killed as he saved Luke's life. By seeking out Calvin's family, Luke hopes to find peace and closure. But instead he meets Calvin's beautiful wife. Original. Luke Boudreau arrived in Grover, Mississippi, one cold, rainy February to pay his respects to the bereaved mother of his Ranger team member and friend, Calvin Abbott, only to discover that in all their years of service together in special ops, Abbott had neglected to mention he was married. Feeling guilty over the nature of Abbott's death, and unsettled by Abbott's habitual infidelity, Luke nevertheless finds himself attracted to the lovely Analise. She, in turn, sees Luke's efforts to assuage his own conscience by helping the Abbotts make a success of their nursery as an attempt to usurp her peace of mind and her place in the family. In the best tradition of contemporary southern small-town romances, this story begins with an eye-opener and continues to surprise right up to the end, drawing the reader into the setting with a warm and hospitable welcome. Lynne Welch Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved I hope you'll enjoy MAGNOLIA SKY, the third book in the Glens Crossing series. Luke Boudreau is the brother of Lily Holt of the second novel, THE ROAD HOME. Luke has traveled half-way around the world more times than he can count, but finds the most difficult battle he'll ever have to face is in a small Mississippi town that is much like the Indiana town where he was born. BACK ROADS, the first in this series, is an award winning debut novel. The final novel in this series is PROMISES TO KEEP (March 2005), which returns to Indiana with the youngest Boudreau, Molly, who risks everything to protect a baby entrusted to her by a murdered friend. Susan Crandall makes her home in Noblesville, Indiana.