Small Town Rumors

By Carolyn Brown,

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From New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown comes a funny heartache of a novel about overcoming the past, confronting the future, and defying all expectations.

Everyone is talking about Jennie Sue Baker and the mess she made of her life in New York. The former high school queen bee-and…

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1 author picked Small Town Rumors as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

When Carolyn Brown writes about small-town life and the people who live there, she brings it to life with such reality the reader feels you know them.

When Jennie Sue Baker returns from New York after a failed marriage, she wants to hide and lick her wounds, then convince her father to let her work in the family oil business. Instead, she finds new friends who aren’t from her parents’ social circle including a reclusive farmer who is also a scarred veteran. Rick is very sensitive about his appearance although most of the physical scars don’t show but Jennie manages…

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