A Novel with Thoughts and Ponderings

SMALL TOWN GIRL

Author: Patricia Rice ISBN: 0345482603 3/2006 CONTEMPORARY Publisher: BALLANTINE

Small Town Girl by Patricia Rice

Hard-living musician Flynn “Flint” Clinton has left heartache and his wild ways behind in Nashville, returning to his sleepy hometown of Northfork, North Carolina. There he hopes to start a new life as owner of the Stardust Café, relaxing and raising his two preteen sons in peace and quiet.

Then Flint meets the colorful, indomitable Joella Sanderson, a blond bombshell who serves a mean cup of caffeine at the Stardust–and whose amazing voice belongs at the top of the charts. Jo’s catchy comedic ditties and radiant energy captivate the coffee shop regulars and even threaten to transform the cynical Flint, who finds himself reluctantly rediscovering the joy of music.

With Jo by his side, Flint can once again appreciate a beautiful melody and strum his guitar with the same passion and pleasure that once filled his life. But in Flint’s world, trouble is never far away. This time it arrives just as he dares to open his heart to the possibility of true love.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Wow, do I not like reading about a heroine with big hair, even higher heels, and flashy/trashy clothes! Even if said heroine, Joella (Yikes!), has a big heart and has been done wrong by too many men! It's just the picture in my mind of that particular gaudy image that makes me unable to get into SMALL TOWN GIRL.

I do have to give Rice credit for writing about subjects such as musicians, divorces, lawsuits, and the like. Not too many books grab onto such topics and try to make a romance out of them. That takes talent and, well, a heck of a lot of gumption, for lack of a better word. Trust me, it fits here.

Anyway, this one is just a little too funky for me. Or maybe too country for me? But, if that is your kind of contemporary book, then this is probably a hot one for you.

Shannon Johnson

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