cover image From Scratch

From Scratch

Rachel Goodman. Pocket Star, $1.99 e-book (315p) ISBN 978-1-4767-7469-5

Goodman’s debut Southern contemporary is smart, sexy, and funny. Lillie Turner grew up in Dallas, where her father runs a diner. Now she lives in Chicago, wielding her M.B.A. and engaged to picture-perfect Drew. While trying to keep up with an important project, she’s drawn back into the life she left behind, as her father needs surgery and asks her to take over the diner in his absence. As Lillie reunites with her childhood friends, she is surprised at how much they haven’t shared with her over the past five years. Then she encounters her ex, Nick, and is disturbed by her continuing attraction to him. As Lillie learns to face the demons of her past and comes to grips with having been abandoned by her mother, she must make some difficult choices. Readers will easily identify with Lillie, a strong and independent woman who is torn between her desire for business success and her search for true contentment. Goodman piles on the Southern charm to make this story a winner. Agent: Melissa Jeglinski, Knight Agency. (July)