Elizabeth "Liz" Matheson returns home to Harmony, Texas, as a new lawyer to open her own practice. Meeting the mysterious and somewhat shabby G. L. Smith occupying the adjacent office space opens an unlikely attraction for them both.
G. L. Smith, a secretive and gifted graphic artist, has a $100,000 alarm system in his shack in the woods and creates comic books. A recluse and unknown by anyone that he is Gabriel "Gabe" Leary, he's a local who becomes the town hero. The town, primarily originating from three main families, soon has the residents collaborating when the teenage niece of an elderly man disappears, leaving behind a bloody path and forcing them to band together in her rescue. Reagan, the teen, has finally found a place to belong, only to be in jeopardy of losing it all.
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY is a delightful story with as much love and warmth as there is terror and fear. The residents are all caring people, but not without their own crosses to bear. Gabe is truly unique and you can't help but have admiration for him and fall a little in love with him. This is terrific reading from page one to the end. Jodi Thomas is a passionate writer who puts real feeling into her characters.
In the two years since she claimed Harmony, Texas, as her
home, eighteen-year-old Reagan Truman has found herself
drawn to others who have made their way there, too. Gabe
Leary, for instance, whose plan to hide out in Harmony is
dashed when he becomes the town hero. Then there's Liz
Matheson: Vulnerable and fresh out of law school, Liz has
never been needed by anyone?until an unsettling encounter
with Gabe changes everything. And there's Liz's brother,
volunteer fire chief Hank Matheson, who's starting to wonder
where the town's sheriff, Alex McAllen, will ever set the
date to marry him.
As for Reagan, who's been shaped by the loneliness
she's
know most of her life, she's finally found a place she
belongs?and doesn't want anything to get in her way. But
when her life is put in jeopardy and the whole town comes
together to save her, she'll discover that trusting the love
that's come into our hearts is the greatest gift of all?
EXCERPT
Liz and Gabeโs story
"Iโll take it in the living room," she said. Liz
walked
across the hall, picked up the phone, and waited for the
click from the kitchen before speaking.
"Elizabeth Matheson," she said in her most
professional
voice.
"I need your help."
He hadnโt said his name; he hadnโt needed to. Sheโd know
Gabrielโs voice anywhere.
"Where are you?"
"County sheriffโs office," he said. "Theyโre
about to
take me up to a holding cell. Ask for Gabe Leary,
Elizabeth, not Smith, and get here as fast as you can."
Sheโs already figured out that Smith probably wasnโt his
real name. "What did you do?"
"Nothing," he answered. "But they think I may have
killed someone."
Liz told herself she was a lawyer. Whether he did or
didnโt commit the crime, he had a right to counsel. Only
she wasnโt sure she could go through with it if he had. She
wasnโt sure which bothered her most: that he might be
lying, or that if he was, sheโd kissed a murderer.
She gripped the phone for a minute, trying to think.
"Elizabeth," he whispered again. "Are you still
there?
Iโm no good around people. I seem to be causing more
trouble for myself than helping." He was quiet as if
listening to her breathe, and then he added, "I need you."
She straightened. "Iโll be right there."
She hung up and walked back into the dining room, where
everyone was having dessert. "I have to go. Iโm needed over
at the jail."
"A client," Claire said. "Oh, how exciting. Little
sister has a real client."
Liz grabbed her coat and purse. As she walked out the
door, she yelled back, "No. A date."
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