Footprints - Tapa dura

The sudden and tragic death of a twenty-two-year-old woman exposes the previously hidden conflicts of her parents' marriage as Nan and Douglas Mayhall come face to face with an elderly southern preacher whose life has been saved by the gift of their daughter's heart.

n's 14th novel opens at a reception for the loved ones of deceased heart donors where, for the first time, Nan and Douglas Mayhall come face to face with the aging preacher who is the recipient of their twenty-two year old daughter's heart. Their very different reactions to this disturbing encounter sets them off on separate paths.

Something is eroding under the surface of their marriage. Hoping for some peace of mind, Nan goes to Sanibel Island to step back and reassess her life. But it takes another real scare to allow her to slip out of her own footprints for a moment, to see that a world exists outside her pain.