"Looking for Real Life..." The graffiti scrawled on the ladies' room wall was an abrupt wake-up call for 40-year-old divorcée Claire Wilder. Grabbing tattered courage, she jettisons her current life-stressful job, lovely condo, and an ex-husband who's made it clear she'll always be in his rear-view mirror-and hits the road in search of herself and her own real life. The first stop on Claire's journey is her father's small hometown of Valentine, Oklahoma, where she finds the shabby yet captivating Goodnight Motel. Plans for a one night's stay are thwarted by unexpected circumstances, as well as the town's quirky citizens, who weave her into their lives: there is Vella Blaine, a woman caught between age and vitality, and town patriarch Winston, whose elderly heart still beats with passions, and Sherrilyn, the teen in desperate need, and Larkin, the handsome widower whose eyes turn to Claire. Just when Claire thinks she has found what she was looking for, the ex-husband shows up-and he's determined to win her back. Now she has to choose. Is her real life the one she thought she'd lost forever, or is it the new one she has found in Valentine? Discover the town and stories that have captured readers' hearts everywhere-Valentine, a place where neighbors are family, family is life, life is to love...and miracles are indeed possible. "A wonderful cast and perfect setting." -Booklist