After a spectacular failure at an exclusive event in Chicago, event planner Margot Cary takes a job in Lake Sackett, Georgia. Organizing wakes and fishing trips isn't exactly her thing, but she starts feeling more at home when she catches the eye of the elementary school principal Kyle Archer. A offer for a big-city job means Margot must decide between her career, and a possible new love.
I really enjoyed Sweet Tea and sympathy! It was different, to me, than a lot of Molly Harper reads - but in a good way. Still plenty of humor and small town hijinks, but it also felt somehow deeper to me. You've got our main character, Margot Carey, who starts the story off in typical Harper fashion - an party snafu involving flamingos that will leave you laughing so hard you cry. But it leads her down the road of desperation and reuniting with her long lost Georgia relatives and blundering through a strained relationship with her absentee, alcoholic father. That relationship dynamic, along with all the new family, went a bit deeper than I expect from a Harper book. And then, she meets this handsome lumberjack of a guy and... Again this is where dependable Harper (sexiness and hilarity combined) meets the unexpected. I don't want to spoil things, but that relationship has elements to it that were deeper than usual (but also allowed for some funny moments). I really enjoyed this one a lot and hope there are more to come from this small town! As always, Amanda Ronconi's narration was fantastic! I can't imagine not listening to a Harper book narrated by Ronconi!
