Trick My Truck But Don't Mess With My Heart

November 19, 2007
Following her father's heart attack, Candie Montgomery takes leave from her advertising job in Chicago and returns to Pinewood, Ky., to help her twin sister, Sarah, run the family's used-car business. The townsfolk blame Candie for the recent breakup of her sister's engagement to longtime love, Nick, so Sarah suggests Candie find a boyfriend to take the heat off; the gorgeous and amiable Tommy Tucker, the new rec director at a local park, offers before she can even ask. The two soon discover an ease with one another along with a great attraction. Candie's idea to revamp the business brings Nick back into their lives, and a clever plan to reunite him with Sarah ensures. There's a fair amount of corn to this romance, but there's also an infectious quality to the writing, and some great humor.

November 15, 2007
After her fathers heart attack, Candie Montgomery takes a leave of absence from her job at an ad agency in Chicago to return home to Pinewood, Kentucky. She hopes to help bail out her familys used car business while her fatherrecuperates. Cruising along the main drag she waves at everyone she sees, then is shocked to realize shes being shunned. It turns out that her twin sister, Sarah, has been dumped by her fianc' and is spreading the word that Candie is the other woman. Its untrue, of course, butto help remedy the situation, Tommy Tucker, a young and virile parks and recreation manager, volunteers his temporary service as a boyfriend to squelch the rumors. Tommy turns into a real boyfriend as Candie and her sister hatchaplan to save the business by selling tricked-out used trucks. This sweet, funny story of family, friends, and stepping out of the roles expected by others is a real southern-fried treat.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)