Sexy school principal Kyle faces the biggest challenge of his career: getting his (pregnant) event planner girlfriend Margot down the aisle before the baby arrives!
Readers first fell in love with big city event planner Margot in the first Southern Eclectic novel, Sweet Tea and Sympathy, as she discovered a long-lost branch of her family—the McCreadys, of McCready's Bait Shop & Funeral Home. To Margot’s surprise, she's taken a liking to life in small-town Georgia...helped along by a romance with the hot elementary school principal.
The two of them have been taking it slow—or they were
until Margot gets pregnant! Kyle wants to make an honest woman of her, but
Margot's still trying to proceed with caution. After all, she was the best
event planner in Chicago before she ever came to Lake Sackett—her wedding has
to be perfect, and perfect includes not having the baby halfway down the aisle.
Fun follow-up to Sweet Tea and Sympathy, the story of Margot
and Kyle's romance. I thoroughly enjoyed catching up on their lives and seeing
how far Margot has come from her first days in Lake Sackett. She has settled in
comfortably to her life with Kyle, Hazel, and June, surprised at how happy she
is about becoming a mother to the girls and the baby on the way. She still has
moments when she's afraid she'll screw something up, but Kyle is always there
to talk her down.
Her problem is with the whole getting married thing. It's
not that she doesn't want to be Kyle's wife. She does. Her issue is with the wedding
planning process - not a good thing for an event planner. Now that she has this
huge Southern family, everybody has ideas and expectations, none of which match
up with hers. She doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but the stress on top
of pregnancy hormones is wearing her down. She also has to contend with sorting
out June and Hazel's feelings, and Kyle's in-laws' lack of enthusiasm. The bright
side (other than Kyle himself) is the supply of heavenly pecan pie provided by
the new baker in town.
There were some very heartwarming scenes, such as
Margot's conversation with Hazel at the dress store, and her talks with her
father when the stress would get to be too much. There were also some
laugh-out-loud funny scenes, usually involving her aunts or cousins. And one
funny-sexy scene that involved Margot, Kyle, and pecan pie. And in the end, it
was Kyle's love and support that helped Margot decide on the perfect wedding.
Another part of this book was the introduction of Lucy,
owner of the Gimme Some Sugar bakery. There is apparently some history between
Lucy and Duffy. Combined with what we've seen of Duffy's ex-wife, I'm certain
that the next book is going to be terrific.
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