Forty-something Kate French has a near-death experience that turns her controlled, orderly life into an emotional rediscovery. Kate experienced a heart attack, but a stranger gave her CPR, thus giving her a second chance at life. Kate doesn't remember much about the mystery man except a lean body in blue jeans and a Grateful Dead tee- shirt. What she does remember explicitly is that she was wearing a red lace thong, the only pair of underwear in her drawer that morning.

Mark Kerry has sold his house and is about to leave New Jersey. He's saying goodbye to his friends and concentrating on his return to New Hampshire. What he can't get out of his mind, however, is a red lace thong and the beautiful woman wearing it. He saved her life, made her a promise, but he doesn't know who she is or where she is.

Kate doesn't have romantic genes, but her family makes up for it two-fold. They discover the identity of Kate's hero and invite him over to the house. When Kate and Mark meet face-to-face, Kate's predictable future disappears and Mark's questions about God's plan start to be answered.

Barbara Bretton writes a poignant story about love and the rediscovery of what our hearts truly want. JUST LIKE HEAVEN is a touching, funny exploration of what life can be if we're given a second chance.

Book Summary

It all started with a red lace thong. Normally Kate is a twin set and pearls kind of girl who wouldn't be caught dead in such a thing. But that's exactly what happens when sudden chest pains leave her lying in a parking lot with her skirt hiked up around her hips for all of Princeton to see.

It's a man in a Grateful Dead t-shirt who saves her life, and then disappears without a trace. A total stranger-and yet Kate would give anything to see him again. How is she to know that her mystery man is planning a new, far-away life for himself, one that doesn't include romance, even if he can't seem to get the woman in red lace out of his mind?

Romance isn't high on Kate's list of priorities either. But when the handsome good Samaritan shows up on her doorstep, they discover that even the strongest heart is no match for love...