"Fun Fast Paced Read"

Greg Rafferty has finally achieved his dream of being C.E.O. of his family's company Huntington Foods. The acheievement of his dream has not come without some loss to the company's image. His brother former C.E.O. has placed Huntington Foods in a bad position by having a very public dispute with C.A.S.H.E.W. the "food police".

Greg is now in Texas trying to get some help for his company's public image. His great plan is to get the woman whose cookies his company sells to do a whirlwind publicity campaign. What he sees and gets when he lands in Texas is not at all what he is expecting.

The Ms. Carole of Greg's imagination is very akin to Aunt Bea, or Alice of the old sitcom era. The Ms. Carole he gets is a vibrant young woman ten years his junior. She also has a wonderful ten year old daughter. The attraction between not only Carole and Greg is instant, but also between Jennifer, Carole's daughter, and Greg as well.

Ms. Chancellor has written a fun book. The townspeople of Ranger Springs Texas were well written, and not overpowering of the main characters. There was just enough talk about Carole's sisters to make me want to read their stories. I was curious enough to know if they'd been written, and was delighted to find not only had they, but they're residing in my TBR pile.

This book is a great read for those who just want to distance themselves from their own realities for awhile. It's not a sexy read, but one that I thoroughly enjoyed, and it made me want to aquire the author's back list because of that enjoyment.

Reviewed by Sandi Shilhanek
Posted November 2, 2003