As a rule, she didn’t like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.
That was the moment when Alice knew for sure that she and Charlie Erdling would be friends for the rest of their lives.
The answer is no,” said Melody firmly. “Undeniably, indisputably, categorically no.
Winning is not always about shining the brightest. Sometimes it’s about sharing the light with someone who has been waiting in the shadows all along.
To my faithful readers, because a book is like a pie—the only thing more satisfying than cooking up the story is knowing that somebody might be out there eating it up with a spoon.
Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.
Being a humble person, she gave her pie shop a humble name—PIE.
Alice wondered if her mother was aware that she wasn’t the only one in town who’d come down with a bad case of Blueberry Fever.
Beauty salons, like churches, are places where people tend to unburden themselves and bare their souls.
Lardo was getting on in years, and his big belly tended to slow him down a bit.
For years Melody had been making the same wish on every birthday candle, eyelash, wishbone, and shooting star that came her way, and now it had finally come true.