TESS MCPHAIL IS ONE OF COUNTRY MUSIC'S BRIGHTEST LIGHTS, A MILLIONAIRE MANY TIMES OVER ACCUSTOMED TO PUBLIC ADORATION AND THE DEMANDS OF A STELLAR CAREER. NOW EIGHTEEN YEARS AFTER SHE LEFT HER HOMETOWN HER SISTERS INSIST SHE RETURN TO HELP WITH THEIR WIDOWED MOTHER. THERE SHE FACES A RUDE AWAKENING IN THE SHAPE OF AN INSULTING OLDER SISTER, AN INTRACTABLE PARENT AND THE WORST OF ALL THE APPARENT TOTAL INDIFFERENCE OF KENNY, THE NEIGHBOR SHE TAUNTED ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL WHO IS NOW A HANDSOME DIVORCE.
This is another heart-warming novel about love and life. And is read by the author herself.
Great fast read! A small town girl who becomes a big country music star and returns home after eighteen years to care for her mother after her surgery.
From Booklist
When small-town girl Tess McPhail followed the pull of Nashville's glittering lights, she placed her dreams on becoming a country singer. Eighteen years later, she is a megastar and is caught in a whirlwind of tours, recording sessions, and financial meetings--a whirlwind that crashes to a stop when her sister demands her help in caring for their mother. Angered at her sister's orders, Tess breezes in to town for a month and crashes straight into the past in the form of Kenny Kronek, the boy-next-door `dork' from high school who has been helping her mother. Sparks and tempers fly whenever the two meet, and Tess' professional interest in Kenny's daughter Casey's singing career causes further problems. As Tess relearns how to relate to her family without hiding behind her celebrity, she begins to appreciate the life she left behind and realizes there is a gaping hole in her current lifestyle--a hole that Kenny may be able to fill.
When small-town girl Tess McPhail followed the pull of Nashville's glittering lights, she placed her dreams on becoming a country singer. Eighteen years later, she is a megastar and is caught in a whirlwind of tours, recording sessions, and financial meetings--a whirlwind that crashes to a stop when her sister demands her help in caring for their mother. Angered at her sister's orders, Tess breezes in to town for a month and crashes straight into the past in the form of Kenny Kronek, the boy-next-door `dork' from high school who has been helping her mother. Sparks and tempers fly whenever the two meet, and Tess' professional interest in Kenny's daughter Casey's singing career causes further problems. As Tess relearns how to relate to her family without hiding behind her celebrity, she begins to appreciate the life she left behind and realizes there is a gaping hole in her current lifestyle--a hole that Kenny may be able to fill.
Linda D. (stormyinAlabama) -
Tess "Mac" McPhail is one of country music's brightest lightsa, a millionaire many times over, accustomed to [ublic adoration and the demands of a stellar career. Now, eighteen years after she left her home town, her sisters insist that she return to help care for their widowed mother.
There she faces a rude awakening in the shape of an insulting older sister, an intractable parent, and worst of all the apparent total indifference of Kenny Kronek, the neighbor she mercilessly taunted all through high school who is now a handsome divorce.
Discovering that Kenny's adored daughter Casey is a promising country-music talent, Mac assumes the role of her mentor. As their mutual concern for Casey transforms Mac and Kenny's relationship, the pampered star learns to treasure family and community. But can these newfound commitments survive back in Nashville, in the realm of superstardom?
There she faces a rude awakening in the shape of an insulting older sister, an intractable parent, and worst of all the apparent total indifference of Kenny Kronek, the neighbor she mercilessly taunted all through high school who is now a handsome divorce.
Discovering that Kenny's adored daughter Casey is a promising country-music talent, Mac assumes the role of her mentor. As their mutual concern for Casey transforms Mac and Kenny's relationship, the pampered star learns to treasure family and community. But can these newfound commitments survive back in Nashville, in the realm of superstardom?
