title: The Princess of Sugar Valley
author: Oder, Ken
description: A story of love at first sight.From the author of Old Wounds to the Heart and The Judas Murders, a love story straight from the heart.Gracie Sandridge fell in love with Danny Harbaugh the first time she laid eyes on him. He was the most spectacular creature she'd ever seen, and she loved him from the seventh grade on. The trouble was that her daddy, the most steel-hearted, iron-willed man in southwestern Virginia, disapproved of Danny's family and was determined to keep them apart. But Daddy had also taught her that if she wanted something, she should go the hell after it as hard as you can, and you just might get it—so she did The Princess of Sugar Valley is a heartwarming, endearing story about hope, heartache, and the strength of the human spirit, right when we need it the most.