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Sweet Home Carolina: A Novel

 
Sweet Home Carolina: A Novel   Author: Patricia Rice
By Ballantine Books
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She dreams of creating a home sweet home–until a dashing stranger turns her life upside down.

Struggling to get back on her feet after a messy divorce, dark-haired beauty Amy Warren would love to purchase and fix up the historic cottage that has been her dream. But she needs something more than the meager income she earns running the kitchen at the Stardust Café, her sister’s country diner, to seal the deal. Perhaps Amy can help both herself and her beloved North Folk by somehow bringing the old textile mill back to life. Her ingenious plan, however, soon encounters a major obstacle.

That obstacle is Zack St. Etienne, an outrageously handsome European businessman, with loads of charisma and cash, who arrives in the North Carolina town with his own plans for the mill. Though Amy fumes at this unexpected intrusion, she cannot deny her intense attraction to Zack. He’s charming and smart, and even shows a fondness for her two young children. As this playful game of hard-to-get becomes a passionate love affair, Amy and Zack must clean out the cobwebs of their imperfect pasts so they can open their hearts to what just might be the perfect romance.

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Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 A Delightful Read, 2007-11-18
Patricia Rice's SWEET HOME CAROLINA was a wonderful, fun read. On the surface it is a story of opposites attracting. Amy Warren is a hometown Carolina girl in a dying mill town, who's trying her best to reopen the textile factory. Jacques St. Etienne ("Saint Stevie") arrives to cherry-pick the closed mill's best patterns and take them back to Europe where he can market them and add to his fortune. These two people could not have more different agendas and personalities, but somehow -- to the great delight of the reader -- they find a way to fall in love. I devoured this book and went out to buy SMALL TOWN GIRL, the prequel.

Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 Loved this book!, 2007-06-08
Great author. I really enjoyed this story. Rated pg . . . relationships, history, and family are more important. Still a great love story. Very easy to read and enjoyable.

Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5 The South is My Spiritual Home, 2007-03-22
Novels about the South by southern writers usually appeal to me. Patricia Rice's books are always easy to read and very enjoyable. I recommend this one.

Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 Wonderful story!, 2007-02-01
Amy Warren, recently divorced mother of two, needs a home and job. She's orchestrating the town's purchase of the recently closed textile mill in hopes of reopening the mill and putting the town back to work, herself included. When she learns there is another bidder, she's determined to convince the outsider to leave the mill alone. Unfortunately she keeps getting distracted by the handsome stranger's charm and kindness toward her children.

Jacques St. Etienne has come to Northfork hoping to unearth historic weaving patters from the closed mill. He plans to buy the mill, keep the patterns and sell the equipment, but he's drawn to the small town and in particular the very persistent Amy. I loved how Jacques, a playboy world traveler becomes Zach to everyone in the town as he begins to put down roots.

The sequel to Small Town Girl, Sweet Home Carolina brings us back to a small town in the North Carolina mountains. The town and its citizens play an integral part in the developing relationship between Amy and Zach. In Sweet Home Carolina Patricia Rice again weaves tried and true romance elements into a unique and memorable story that will resonate long after the last page is read.--Reviewed by Julie Opdyke


Product Details
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345482617
ISBN: 0345482611
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2007-01-30
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: 2007-01-30
Studio: Ballantine Books