"Cute"

Socialite Amanda Pierpoint decides to end her reign as the queen of New York gossip column sound bites by finding herself a suitable spouse. Both goals will please her media magnate father. However, dad selects his assistant Trevor Sinclair as her husband to be and she overhears his reasons for marrying the socialite.

An angry Amanda skips town after dying her hair. She finds the name of a debutante from her Berkley days, Ivy Waterman who lives in Fairlane, Oregon. Deciding that is the perfect place to hide as no one would suspect a jet setter of being there, Amanda flees New York. In Fairlane, she takes a room in a boardinghouse; Amanda thinks her neighbor Dr. Brett Hanson is physically perfect. However, his past include an ex-wife and a delightful daughter Tess. Still Amanda and Brett fall in love, but what will happen to their relationship when her identity and his secret surface.

This debutante meets the doctor is a reversal of the Tammy movies and fans will appreciate this fine tale starring two fine lead characters and an eccentric host of supporting players. Though the plot is limited and very sugary, the cast more than makes up for it as readers receive an enjoyable tale of what really matters in life, a lesson taught by Brett and Tess to a willing student Amanda.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 13, 2004