At 82 Years old, Lester just wants his wife back from a coma, when another senior resident of the lavish old age home appears and exerts a strange gravitational pull on Lester. His intoxicating blue eyes, his melodic voice, and his miraculous freckles draw Lester down a path of discovery and enlightenment. In the end, they will help each other, but the path isn't always easy for those that get involved with the mysteriously freckled Dawson Hughes.
Only through discovering the other people that this enigmatic man, Dawson, nicknamed Pepper, has helped does the reader realize this tale is more about the triumph of love, acceptance, and overcoming our own little battles in life. Mix in a little bit of miracle and you have Peppered.