It's the question facing waitress Bree Walker when she awakens in the hospital following a blizzard in sleepy Panama, Vermont. While she can't recall the near-tragedy that landed her there, she's overcome with the certainty that she has been granted three wishes. One seems to have come true already: at her side is a renowned author Tom Gates, the accident's only witness, who had come to Panama to make sense of his fame, and who now makes Bree his cause.
Suddenly the things Bree has wanted most--a home, a soul mate, a family--are within her grasp. But are the wishes real? And if they are, what is their price? As Bree and Tom consider what their hearts truly require, they discover that to live their dreams, they will have to take unimagined risks...
Vicki J. (Vickilyn) from COLUMBUS, OH wrote on 9/16/2007...
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My first Barbara Delinsky book, but now have most of them on my reminder list. Great story.
TJ S. (CraftyTJ) from SOUTH FULTON, TN wrote on 12/5/2006...
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On a bitterly cold October evening, a truck skids across icy roads into a car that slides uncontrollably into pedestrian Bree Miller. The driver, Tom Gates, spends days helping the woman recover both at the hospital and later at her home. As they fall in love, Bree eventually tells Tom about her near-death, out-of-body experience and her recollection that she has been granted three wishes by the Being of Light she met during the episode. Once the three wishes are granted, she feels that she will die once more. Bree uses one wish as a test but the result is ambiguous, so she can't be sure if it is luck or the true power of the granted wish. It is only after her death that Tom has the hindsight to see that Bree's three wishes had been granted.
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Marcia K. (marwan) from MIDWAY, UT wrote on 10/4/2008...
A book that is hard to put down. Even if you are not normally a fan of romance novels you will become a fan of Barbara Delinsky after you read this riviting story.
Lenore M. (Lenorethedeadgirl) from CRESCENT CITY, CA wrote on 5/5/2007...
Cute read
Marie R. from BELLE VERNON, PA wrote on 4/16/2007...
This book is so moving!! I have to say in all the years I've been reading romances, this was my first book to bring me to tears.
Karen G. (kgladysg) from EL PASO, TX wrote on 4/6/2007...
Barbara Delinsky's books are timeless. Wonderful story about a near-death experience and what ifs!!
Shirley W. from GARDEN CITY, KS wrote on 2/26/2007...
Another great Delinsky book! Shirley
Michele H. (MicheleLee) from BUSHNELL, FL wrote on 2/21/2007...
A good book
Kariamu O. from MARINA DL REY, CA wrote on 1/21/2007...
What a lovely book! I say that often but it's true again here. The characters of this small Vermont town were well developed and appealing. Great story and a great read!
Teresa S. (nalam) from MERCED, CA wrote on 1/16/2007...
This book was such a good read! It actually made me cry!!
Julie S. (Readreamer63) from CLAREMONT, CA wrote on 12/4/2006...
Really good book. Not exactly the Christmas book I though it would be, but all in all really good.