Chin Up, Honey is the story of a long-term marriage-- with all it’s passion and hope, disillusion and disappointment, and the resilient, everlasting love of a lifetime.
Emma Berry’s son is getting married, and Emma is determined to make everything perfect—even if it means asking her estranged husband to come home and pretend they are still happily together. John Cole may be an imperfect husband, but he is a loving father, and he’s happy for a second chance to get things right with Emma.
As Emma sorts through the mess of her own marriage and her own life, she puts her heart into planning Valentine’s wedding of the decade. She is aided by sometimes impatient but ever-resilient John Cole, and her lively best friend, Belinda, while the mother-of-the bride works to block the entire affair, and protect a long-buried secret.
As the wedding day approaches, the many meanings of love, commitment and happiness capture the hearts of the folks in town. Surrounded by the warmth and spirit of their neighbors, Emma and John Cole start to see new beginnings instead of endings.
All the favorite characters of the previous Valentine novels return—feisty old Winston Valentine, now a radio personality; innocent little Willie Lee, getting involved with a mystery of his own; lively Vella Blaine, falling in love again; practical Belinda Blaine, taking over the drugstore…
