Jennifer Graham is struggling to make ends meet while running the Fairlawn Funeral Home, raising two children, and studying for her national board exam. Her work takes on a new dimension when Gerald Huffman, her assistant and mentor, reveals that he has a serious illness. When she learns that he and his daughter haven't spoken in years, Jen decides to help them reconcile... but things don't go exactly as she planned. Jennifer is longing for stability in her life... but she soon discovers that life isn't stagnant; it's always changing. Once again, the mortuary is a setting for lessons of laughter, love, and life.

She's in a Better Place completes Angela Hunt's Fairlawn series trilogy of Jennifer Hunt's adventures in Mt. Dora.