Lucy Brewer is a young woman who returns home to Lake Sackett, Georgia after the death of her husband. She has decided to raise her young son in her hometown and transform the local meat shop into a bakery. Her best friend since childhood, Duffy McCready, is now divorced from his harpy of a wife. But what Lucy doesn't know if Duffy has been secretly in love with her for years... Could this return mean a second chance for Lucy?
GIMME SOME SUGAR is the sixth book in the Southern EclecticΒ series, but you can read each book on it's own and not be confused. The McCreadys are the center of all the books, and each story deals with one of the McCreadys finding love. In GIMME SOME SUGAR , readers get to see if Lucy and Duffy will get together. There are some obstacles in their way, like a possessive ex-wife and a meddling mother-in-law. But, on the plus side, the McCready family is happy to see Lucy and Duffy finally get together.
I love the humor in these books, mixed with drama and romance. I would say that this series is like an American South version of Jenny Colgan's books. I usually read crime and thrillers, but absolutely adore the Southern EclecticΒ series. GIMME SOME SUGAR is the perfect rom-com and will cheer you right up.
A young widow returns to Lake Sackett, Georgia to face
the ghosts of her pastβand decide if sheβs ready to take
another chance on loveβin the third sparkling Southern
Eclectic novel that βgoes down as easy as honey on a
deep-fried Twinkieβ (Library Journal, on Sweet Tea
and Sympathy).
Lucy Brewer would never have guessed that her best friend,
Duffy McCready (of McCreadyβs Bait Shop & Funeral Home)
has been in love with her since they were kids. Fear of
rejection and his own romantic complications prevented Duffy
from confessing his true feelings in high school, so he
stood by and watched her wed Wayne Bowman right after high
school. Wayne had always been a cheapskate, so it comes as
no surprise when he suffers a fatal accident while fixing
his own truck.
Even as her family and friends invade Lucyβs life and insist
that the new widow is too fragile to do much beyond weeping,
Lucy is ashamed to admit that life without Wayne is easier,
less complicated. After all, no one knew what a relentless,
soul-grinding trudge marriage to Wayne had been. Only Duffy
can tell sheβs hiding something.
In need of a fresh start, Lucy asks Duffy to put his
cabinet-building skills to use, transforming the town's meat
shop into a bake shop. As the bakery takes shape, Lucy and
Duffy discover the spark that pulled them together so many
years ago. Could this finally be the second chance heβs
always hoped for?
Once again Molly Harper βwrites characters you canβt help
but fall in love withβ (RT Book Reviews) in this
charming and entertaining love story.
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