Only the most peculiar fate could link the star-crossed Ricconni family of New York with the dirt-poor Powells of the Georgia mountains. Little do Ursula Powell and Quentin Ricconni know that a strange and abstract iron sculpture of a bear will draw them together. They have nothing in common except the power that the Bear has in both their lives. The sculpture, which now sits in the backyard of Ursulas secluded mountain farm, is worth a fortune. When Quentin leaves New York for the small Southern town to reclaim his fathers sculpture, what he discovers is that when it comes to the heart, to destiny, to fate, the price paid cannot be measured in millions. Deb Smith has more than 1.5 million copies in print of her previous novels, including the bestselling A Place to Call Home. Like Rosamund Pilcher and Anne Rivers Siddons, Deb Smith is a master of mainstream womens fiction.