title: Makin' Miracles (A Smoky Mountain Novel)
author:  Lin Stepp 
description: Dr. Lin Stepp is a native Tennessean, a businesswoman, and an educator. She is on faculty at both Tusculum College and King University, where she teaches psychology and research. Her business background includes over 20 years in marketing, sales, production art, and regional publishing. But closest to her heart is her beloved series of contemporary novels set in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Visit her on the web at linstepp.com.
zlib_text: > _Makin' Miracles_
  
  > Number VI of _Smoky Mountain_
  
  > Lin Stepp
  
  > Kensington (2014)
  
  > * * *
  
  > Tags: Romance
  
  > Romancettt
  
  "A charming portrait of the Smokies, their people, and a wonderful way of
  life." —Deborah Smith, _New York Times_ bestselling author  
    
  Set in Tennessee's postcard-perfect Smoky Mountains, Lin Stepp's _Makin'
  Miracles_ is an inspiring tale that reveals why love and forgiveness are most
  important just when they seem most impossible. . .  
    
  Zola Devon has always been a little different. Half Tahitian, with long black
  hair and dark eyes, she's especially distinctive in the mountain town of
  Gatlinburg. She even stocks her gift shop, Nature's Corner, with items that
  reflect her island heritage and tantalize tourists. But it's her spot-on
  intuition that truly sets Zola apart. When she gets a hunch about a person,
  she's almost always right. And when the surly photographer who owns the
  gallery next door starts meddling in her business, she can only hope that, for
  