This is novel #2 in the Cobbled Court series and I enjoyed it just as much as the first. This series focuses on real women with some big problems that are made somehow smaller with the help and support of friends. While the first in the series featured quilt shop owner Evelyn Dixon, this one focuses primarily on Ivy Peterman, a mother of two on the run from an abusive husband in Pennsylvania. Ivy finally left when her husband hit their 6-year-old daughter, Bethany. Seeking shelter in the New Bern women's shelter, Ivy is hired part time at Cobbled Court Quilts and is soon welcomed as part of the quilt circle. Reserved and not completely honest about her past (she has told everyone that she is the widow of an abusive man), Ivy lives in terror that her husband, Hodge, will discover her whereabouts and come after her. After accidentally appearing on camera during a Quilt Pink special being filmed at the shop, her fears are intensified.
I don't think I will ever get tired of stories about women banding together in mutual support and friendship. This series has a bit of an inspirational element, but it is not cloying or preachy. It's just nice. I know that I will continue to read the series, just because it makes me feel good about humanity. The big message here is that you can overcome, or at least cope with, practically anything as long as you have true friends in your life.
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