This was a fun read. A lovely 'fish out of water' story told with humor and heart. ( )

Thank goodness there's a sequel coming next year. I want more!! ( )

This is especially funny if you are from Vermont as seeing our lives through a southern perspective is quite entertaining! I loved the strength and fortitude that Leelee has in putting on that sweet southern hospitality in the frigid north. The characters are fun to love and fun to hate. 😂 ( )

I listened to this on CD and was thoroughly entertained. It's a lighthearted, fun story. The characters are good. Well worth the time if you need a humorous break in reading. ( )

Southern Belle Leelee Satterfield is surprised but ultimately supportive when her husband announces that his dream is to quit the family insurance business and buy an inn in Vermont. So she says goodbye to her life-long friends in Memphis, and with their two small daughters, moves the family to Vermont. But no one told her about Mud season or “vampire insects in summer. And when her husband takes off with a local divorcee, Leelee is left stranded in the frozen north with nary a friend in sight.

This is a typical chick-lit romance, featuring a naïve southern belle who still wishes “Daddy” were there to save her. Granted, Leelee is not a complete doormat; she does manage to get a spine and make the most of what she’s been handed. But the entire scenario is just too ridiculous for my taste. The characters are one-dimensional stereotypes, the situations are unbelievable, and the romance seems secondary. There were some scenes which were interesting – the disastrous New Year’s Eve where everything that can go wrong does, but Leelee and her team still triumph was entertaining.

Marguerite Gavin has decent pacing on the audio version, but I didn’t like her accent either for the Southern characters or the Vermonters.
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