WHEN STRAD DROPPED INTO GABEL'S CAFE FOR A BITE TO EAT, HE DID NOT EXPECT TO GET THE WHOLE PLANET DUMPED ON HIS PLATE. Strad Crossriver has been out of step for as long as he can remember. Now, five years out of college, his reporter girlfriend, Nina, tells him it's time to step-up or step out. Instead, Strad steps into a rabbit's hole of an eatery that brings him to a faraway yet familiar place, and paranormal 'cooking lessons' which show him that the heavy loads he's always had on his shoulders aren't weights, but wings, and that life is anything but what it seems. He's just getting cozy with an ethereal new friend when Nina barges in, bearing more baggage than either of them realize. Strad makes a choice that veers wildly off course, sending them crashing into destinies-both theirs and the world's. CROSSRIVER... Not a love story-but it is. Not lightweight-but light. Not a book to change your life-but it will...and may even improve your cooking.