Book Description

After a near fatal accident separates a father from his daughter, he wakes up from a coma with a bad case of amnesia. Trying to put his life back together, he knows he is missing something, or someone. The heartwarming story of a father and daughter who need to find each other again, only he doesn't know he's looking and she doesn't know she needs found. Krista is raised by Maggie and her husband Gilmer who have the best of intentions, but are not normal in any way, shape or form. Gilmer is always brewing up new and interesting mischief for him and Krista to get into while Maggie is only trying to make sure that Krista grows up safe and happy. Meanwhile, Krista's real father awakens from of his coma to a world that is very new to him. Chris can't remember anything as he struggles to remember his own name. A social worker assigned to his case helps him get on his feet where he finds a love for painting and furniture design. But deep down inside, he knows his world is incomplete. An apparition of a little girl soon starts haunting him even while he is awake. He captures scenes of her on canvas, but can't figure out what connection they have. While he paints who he has affectionately been calling Angel at different stages of her life, she becomes more and more real to him. Years go by and Chris has developed an entire life with a girl he knows only through paintings. He keeps them locked up in a private room while his other paintings have gained notoriety throughout the art community as the "Insider's Secret." The exposure he is getting brings him face to face with Maggie and a teenage girl named Krista. He didn't know he was looking. She didn't know she needed found. Their chance meeting leads to an overwhelming confusion that has the potential to either push them together or drive them further apart.