And then, she meets this handsome lumberjack of a guy and… Again this is where dependable Harper (sexiness and hilarity combined) meets the unexpected. That relationship dynamic, along with all the new family, went a bit deeper than I expect from a Harper book.

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. 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. Still plenty of humor and small town hijinks, but it also felt somehow deeper to me. I really enjoyed Sweet Tea and Sympathy! It was different, to me, than a lot of Molly Harper reads – but in a good way. As Margot tackles small town life-where everyone knows everything about everyone-and builds a relationship with a father who she’d never known, she discovers the comforts that community, a rather large extended family, and a rugged, unpretentious country man can offer.

In steps her birth father’s side of the family (who she’s never met), the McCreadys…the McCreadys of the McCready Family Funeral Home and Bait Shop in small town Georgia-and as luck would have it, they’re looking for an event planner and don’t care about her reputation among the A-list crowd. With the lights about to be shut off in the trendy condo she can no longer afford, and her savings account dwindling, Margot’s situation is near to desperate. That is, until an unfortunate incident involving a shrimp tower, live flamingos, and a shellfish allergy puts her on the black list of the rich and social and out of a job. No request is too extravagant for her to execute with trademark perfection. Type-A Margot Cary is the leading event planner for the crème de la crème of Chicago high society. Published by Audible Studios on November 21, 2017įrom beloved romance author Molly Harper ( Half-Moon Hollow and The Nice Girls series) comes the first title in her new rom-com women’s fiction series, Southern Eclectic, which features the lives, losses and loves of the McCready family as they manage their family’s generational funeral home and bait shop (you read that correctly) on the shore of picturesque Lake Sackett, Georgia. I really need to get back to this series, I was enjoying the heck out of it! Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper

Today’s books are all from the Southern Eclectic Series by Molly Harper and narrated by Amanda Ronconi. This feature is for short reviews, reviews of books in a series where it might feel repetitive, or (as Michelle suggested) books I was too lazy to write a “real” review for.

Sweet tea and sympathy series