Maybe the language of
love doesn’t have an accent, but with any other type of accent, Dr.
Adelina Roseland feels confident she can correct it. Accent reduction is
her specialty and she’s worked ten years in research with it to attain
her dream job: Professor at the University of Virginia. But all rookies
must pass through the fire, so Adelina is sent to a tiny town in a
crevice of Appalachia called Wise, Virginia, to begin a new program for
their satellite university there. Determined to prove herself, Adelina
makes a daring wager with her arrogant supervisor, Dr. Alexander
Murdock. If she can pass Appalachian cow farmer, Reece Mitchell, off as a
Harvard grad and help him with a job interview for a corporation in
Chicago, then she can present her research at the National Convention in
front of her newfound colleagues and hundreds of other professionals,
launching her career to further heights and moving her as far away from
Appalachia as possible.
But Adelina didn’t plan for the faith and
friction of single-dad Reece Mitchell or his chaotic family. Drawn into
a culture she’d been trying to forget for the past fifteen years,
Adelina finds the warmth of family, the hope of faith, and the joy of
love melting away at the deep wounds of her past. But when Reece
discovers that he’s been a mere pawn in her step up the corporate
ladder, will he be able to forgive her deceit or will their
miscommunication end in two broken lives.
Will some good
old-fashion Appalachian grit from a meddling mother bring rescue this
culturally-diverse couple before they lose their chance to build a
future of their own?
About Pepper:
Pepper D Basham has been
telling tales ever since she was a little girl. When her grandmother
called her a “writer” at the age of ten, Pepper took it as gospel and
has enjoyed various types of writing styles ever since. A native of the
Blue Ridge Mountains, mom of five, speech-language pathologist, and
lover of chocolate, Pepper enjoys sprinkling her native Appalachian
culture into her fiction wherever she can. She currently resides in the
lovely mountains of Asheville, NC, where she works with kids who have
special needs, searches for unique hats, and plots new ways to annoy her
wonderful friends at her writing blog, The Writer’s Alley. She is
represented by Julie Gwinn, and her debut novel, The Thorn Bearer,
arrives on May 7th 2015
My Take~
This is Pepper's third book, it releases on April 6, 2016. How does a speech pathologist prove that her way of teaching works? Well how about working with the local cowboy who has an interview in the big city.
This book is full of fun from the beginning to the last page. Both Dee and Reese have been hurt by others. Dee's faith has waned and she is very nervous about going to church. Reese believes he can change that.
I love books with kids in them and Reese's daughter Lou is just a doll. I know I didn't fall asleep til after 1am reading this book. I guarantee you won't be sorry, add this to your TBR purchase and enjoy the Appalachian culture.
I highly recommend this book!
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