Strawberry Lane: A Touching Texas Love Story -- Jodi Thomas

<b>Fans of Robyn Carr and Susan Mallery will adore this heartwarming new book from the beloved<i> New York Times </i>bestselling author. In a small Texas town where most families go back generations, four strangers meet and unite as they bury a father none of them has ever seen and begin slowly to piece together a bond that will not only change them, but the community for the better.</b> <p/>Starri Knight is a big believer in fate. How else to explain the compelling connection she feels to the stranger she pulls out of a wrecked car on the very same road where her parents died twenty years earlier? Alongside Auntie Ona-May, the only mother she's ever known, Starri saves Rusty O'Sullivan's life--just as Ona-May once did when Starri was an orphaned babe. But convincing Rusty he has something to live for is going to take all of Starri's faith in miracles . . . <p/>Like a wish he hadn't even known to make, Starri landed in Rusty's life, filling him with a longing for a family. . . . Then Jackson Landry, a new lawyer, turns up to present a surprise that will change the direction of his life: An inheritance from the father Rusty never knew--and the promise of the family he'd never had. It's a lot for the hard-bitten loner to accept as love rushes into his life . . . <p/>A sense of duty has Rusty heading to Honey Creek to deal with his father's estate--and find his lost siblings. But having family is one thing, learning to love them is another. Good thing new friends are by his sid