Cathie Linz is one of my favorite romance authors. She writes funny, ordinary people romances that capture the heart of small-town America. Cathie’s latest Smart Girls Think Twice is the story of college professor and sociologist Emma Riley who returns to her home town in Pennsylvania to do demographic research for a grant. There, she meets her match in Jake, a sexy bartender who won’t answer her questions. Her two sisters are both getting married within two weeks of each other, so her crazy mother invites Jake to be Emma’s escort. Of course, the rest is happily predictable, but you’ll be laughing out loud all the way.
Emma’s two sisters’ stories are told in previous books. Big Girls Don’t Cry tells the story of plus-size model Leena Riley whose career stalls and she returns to her hometown of Rock Creek, Pennsylvania to live. To make matters worse, the only job she can find is a receptionist in a veterinarian’s office. The office of Cole Flannigan–the same Cole Flannigan whom she punched in 6th grade for calling her fat. And, when belly dancer and yoga instructor Skye Wright meets “Studley Do-Right” sheriff Nathan Thornton the sparks fly in Bad Girls Don’t. They say opposites attract, but…Well, I think you get the picture.
And of course, the reason I began reading this series was the book Good Girls Do, set in the neighboring town of Serenity Falls, Pennsylvania. Julia Wright couldn’t be more content being a librarian in a nice, quiet small town. That is, until her wacky mother and little niece, “Toni, the biter,” descend back into her life. To make matters worse, bad boy Luke Maguire returns on his Harley to manage his late father’s bar and sets his sights on her. I can’t wait for Linz’s next “opposites attract” romance.
~Evelyn
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