A very good read 
I really enjoyed this book and the characters. I felt really engaged with the characters and concerned about their outcomes. When I bought "A Slice of Heaven", I didn't realize it was the middle book of a trilogy. I took it to read during a cruise, then bought the first and third books the very next day after I got home.
I would imagine some readers won't empathize with the storyline about eating disorders, but I found it "novel" for a romance novel and I applaud Sherryl Woods for tackling this tricky subject in an interesting and honest manner.
2nd in the Magnolia series falls short 
When Dana Sue Sullivan catches her husband Ronnie cheating on her, she kicks him out and files for divorce, getting a great settlement courtesy of her workaholic lawyer pal Helen, despite still being in love with her husband. Two years later, Ronnie's indiscretion has taken its toll on their teenage daughter Annie, who feels that if her mother took better care of herself, dad wouldn't have strayed or had to move away. She vows to remain as slim as can be, until her health is in jeopardy and she's admitted to the hospital with a severe case of anorexia. Dana Sue and Ronnie must work together for the health of their daughter without laying any blame on each other and with the prodding of her pal Maddie, the two realize that they're still in love.
Not quite up to par with the previous novel in the series ("Stealing Home"), Woods has penned a follow up that delves peripherally into both diabetes and anorexia, with a resolution that's just too simplistic and pat. Annie was annoying and whiney throughout most of the book; Ronnie's character was never fully developed; and Helen was surly as usual but in the middle of a bout of baby fever (which plays a significant role in the final story in the series). Though well written, with realistic dialogue, this was a bit of a disappointment for me. I expected more from the series after reading the much better "Stealing Home."
2nd novel in Sweet Magnolias series
A Slice Of Heaven by Sherryl Woods is the story of Dana Sue and Ronnie. Ronnie had a one night stand and Dana Sue kicked him to curb two years ago. Now Ronnie has returned because their daughter is in crisis. Dana Sue still loves Ronnie but doesn't want to get hurt again. Lot of truth this the characters and some very funny moments. Check out the whole series Stealing Home(1)and Feels Like Family (3).
deep family drama 
Two years ago in Serenity, South Carolina, Dana Sue Sullivan caught her spouse Ron cheating and kicked him out of her home and her life. He knew he was wrong so he put up no fight and just left though that means he deserted their daughter too. After he departed in disgrace his wife developed an eating habit unable to resist her own delicious deserts at her café that has led to adult diabetes though she still cannot resist the sugar and worse their teenage daughter Annie became anorexic. As Dana Sue gains weight by noshing on her sweets in a dietary Dorian Gray scenario, Annie loses weight.
However, now Annie's condition has turned critical as she is hospitalized for the impact on her body her eating disorder has wrought. Desperate Dana Sue asks Ron to come home hoping her father might be able to save their daughter's life. Ron welcomes the chance to make amends as he knows he blew his slice of heaven when he cheated. His plan is to win back the love of his wife and daughter, but the guilt is compounded when he sees the condition of his little girl and making matters worse he does not understand he that both of his women never stopped loving him; instead he needs to gain their trust.
In spite of the help, encouragement, and admonishments of her two best friends Helen (next tale star) and Maddie (see STEALING HOME), Dana Sue knows Annie needs her father and she would do anything including begging him to come home for her. This is a deep family drama as the three prime players carry baggage that has turned them beyond dysfunctional into harming themselves. The look at diabetes and especially anorexia is as deep as a novel gets as this in trouble family is not starring in a rose colored tale; instead they each need to move past their recent history so that they might have a future.
Harriet Klausner
Dana Sue might run the best little restaurant in Serenity, but when you're feeding a small town of neighbors, busybodies and best friends, things can get a bit hot in the kitchen. Never mind that she's putting on too many pounds (an occupational hazard for a chef)-she's worried about her too-skinny teenage daughter, Annie, who has been slowly starving herself since the loud, suitcase-tossing, name-calling fit on her front lawn that left Dana Sue minus one cheating husband. But sometimes life picks strange ways to mend fences. When Annie lands in the hospital, Dana Sue reaches out to the man she loves to hate: Ron, the husband who took her heart when she tossed him out. Ron is still Annie's white knight, even if he's decidedly more tarnished in Dana Sue's eyes. But he still looks good enough to eat, and maybe, just maybe, to forgive. Once, Ron made the mistake of letting go without a proper fight. But now Dana Sue is about to get another taste of sweet devotion from a man tired of feeling like a fool, hungry for that slice of heaven he found with her.
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