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Sweet Tea and Sympathy
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
Beloved author Molly Harper launches a brand-new contemporary romance series, Southern Eclectic, with this story of a big-city party planner who finds true love in a small Georgia town.
Nestled on the shore of Lake Sackett, Georgia, is the McCready Family Funeral Home and Bait Shop. (What, you have a problem with one-stop shopping?) Two McCready brothers started two separate businesses in the same building back in 1928, and now it's become one big family affair. And, true to form in small Southern towns, family business becomes everybody's business.
Margot Cary has spent her life immersed in everything Lake Sackett is not. As an elite event planner, Margot's rubbed elbows with the cream of Chicago society and made elegance and glamour her business. She's riding high until one event goes tragically, spectacularly wrong. Now she's blackballed by the gala set and in dire need of a fresh start - and apparently the McCreadys are in need of an event planner with a tarnished reputation.
As Margot finds her footing in a town where everybody knows not only your name but what you had for dinner last Saturday night and what you'll wear to church on Sunday morning, she grudgingly has to admit that there are some things Lake Sackett does better than Chicago - including the dating prospects.
Elementary school principal Kyle Archer is a fellow fish out of water who volunteers to show Margot the picture-postcard side of Southern living. The two of them hit it off, but not everybody is happy to see an outsider snapping up one of the town's most eligible gentleman. Will Margot reel in her handsome fish, or will she have to release her latest catch?
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- Eva
- 03-04-18
No idea what happened
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Different book? I normally love Molly Harper books and have been fan for ages, but this is just too bad! I kept on thinking where is the humour gone...
What could Molly Harper have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
I found Margot arrogant, cold and down right nasty at times. I have no idea where did the regular type of heroine go. They used to be smart and snarky and fun. Margot is some version of mean princess. She is contrary in her behaviour to a point where I shouted that she needs therapy for her dual personality and nastiness not because of her unwillingness to allow her father to be human. I just did not cheer for hew at all.
Have you listened to any of Amanda Ronconi’s other performances? How does this one compare?
I love Amanda Ronconi- she is my favourite US narrator! She has such a friendly and engaging tone of voice I'd love her to do car navi voice over.
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I do appreciate that so many people liked this book a great deal and feel bad for not liking it, but this is not first review I left for Molly Harper's book and all the previous ones were positive as I loved them. This is first time I am unhappy, so do not judge all author's other books by this review. For me it is just one bad book in avalanche of great ones by MH.
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- Louise
- 15-07-19
Lovely Story
This book was really good, it had a lovely romance to it and there was parts to it were it was so funny. The main character was easy to like and I like her sarcasm and her quick wit when dealing with her extended family.
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- S. Lacey
- 18-08-19
Brilliant!!
Really enjoyed this book, it was so funny! I love the McCready's and I thought Margot and Kyle were great together. I love how she's fitting in with the family she never got to know before this book! I can't wait for the next book!
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- Jax
- 11-02-23
Easy listening
Not the most challenging story but anyhh th big Amanda Ronconi narrates is usually worth listening to. She is a great performer
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- Fiona
- 19-08-18
Molly Harper is great!
Another book you just don't want to put down.
A simple story line well written.
Amanda Ronconi, as always is a lovely narrator.
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- I OFarrell
- 05-03-18
Sweet and funny
When Margot’s city life comes crashing down around her in spectacular fashion, she doesn’t realise just how far-reaching the effects will be. As she becomes the laughingstock of the internet, she loses heart but a surprise call gives her another option. The family business funeral home isn’t exactly what she’d trained for but the hot teacher Kyle certainly keeps life interesting.
This romance has Harper’s unique blend of humour and a big dash of emotion making it a great read. Margot is a likeable character and when things go wrong for her, it reminds the reader that we all carry embarrassing stories that we’d rather not go viral. The situation between Margot and her father was a particularly sore spot for me personally but by the end of the book, I felt like I’d taken something important from the story.
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- Miss Jj Watling
- 27-11-22
Prefer her other stuff
Yeah, this one’s a typical Molly story in terms of plot beats and characters. I just found it to be a little dull. Prefer her monster love stories.
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- Books_Polished
- 20-10-22
Here for this!
Absolutely happy with this one.
As per usual 😊
So excited to have another Molly Harper series to make my way through!
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-10-22
Good
I loved it, I like the whole family and small town closeness that was portrayed in the story, real feel good fun
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- Christine H. M. Moore
- 20-02-21
Surprisingly Enjoyable
Stumbled across this book and I'm pleasantly surprised, the humour, family dynamics... Wonderful narration too.
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