Falling Home

You know that saying about how sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're the bug?

It's true. Take me, for example. I shook the Georgia dust from my feet fifteen years ago, vowing never to leave Manhattan. I traded sweet tea for Chardonnay, fried chicken for nouvelle cuisine, lazy days on my aunt's front porch for ad campaigns and board meetings, and the guy who broke my heart for my handsome boss, who soon became my fiance. Perfect, right?

Until my sister called. We haven't spoken since I left home--because she married the guy who broke my heart. What's more, she called to say my father is dying--but he refuses to finish until I show up. So I'm back in the hottest, dinkiest small town in Georgia, facing my sister and my old boyfriend over the heads of their--count them--five children. It couldn't get weirder, right? Unless you count Sam Parker--a long-forgotten classmate, now the town doctor--and how good he's beginning to look to me.

I'm falling apart, I think, wondering why resentment and wounded pride seem silly here in Walton, where forgiveness and acceptance go hand-in-hand with homecoming. And I'm beginning to suspect that I'm falling in love for real this time, with a man whose touch is so right, I feel like I'm...

Falling Home.

Reviews

"This sweet book is highly recommended."
—Booklist

"Karen White brings us all home in this rich novel about discovering roots and learning the true meaning of keeping the hearts of those you love...Warmly southern and deeply moving."
—Deborah Smith, NYT Bestselling author

"It's the kind of book to stay up far too late at night reading because it's too darned hard to put down."
—Lynne Perednia, CompuServe Literary Forum

"The southern wit of Fanny Flagg with the atmosphere of Deborah Smith combined with the poignancy of Kristin Hannah makes this one of the best reads of this or any year."
—Maudeen Wachsmith, The Best Reviews

"FALLING HOME by Karen White is everything contemporary women's fiction should be...and more."
—Deb Stover, Award-winning author

"Romance readers will absolutely fall in love with Karen White's highly emotional tour-de-force, FALLING HOME!"
—Patricia Rouse, Romantic Times Columnist

"Southern colloquialisms and attitudes are used to great effect, creating a novel peachy as the state in which it is set. FALLING HOME comes very highly recommended."
—Cindy Penn, Wordweaving

"Karen White hits all the right notes with this powerful and moving family drama. FALLING HOME is a touching, sad, joyful and rewarding read."
—Jill Smith, Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine

Awards

by readers:

HOLT MEDALLION winner
Best Mainstream Romance
Virginia Romance Writers

More Than Magic winner
Best Mainstream Romance
Romance Writers Ink

Blue Boa Award, second place
Mainstream Romance
Peninsula RWA

Golden Quill nominee
Mainstream Romance
Phoenix Desert Rose RWA

by booksellers:

MAGGIE Award of Excellence nominee
Best Mainstream/Single Title Romance
Georgia Romance Writers

Bookseller's Best Award nominee
Best Mainstream/Single Title Romance
Greater Detroit RWA