Today, I’m sharing mini reviews of two stories by Carolyn Brown: Meet Me in the Orchard and The Paradise Petition.
Mini Reviews
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Meet Me in the Orchard by Carolyn Brown
(Contemporary Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Family Drama, Romance)
In this enemies-to-lovers romance, Brodie has moved to Texas to meet a father he never knew existed. Suddenly, he has seven half sisters (and their families). Audrey owns the orchard next to Brodie and is pressuring him to buy the property. Brodie thinks she’s obnoxious and overbearing. Meanwhile, Brodie’s aunt is matchmaking and setting him up on dates, and a tornado causes a great deal of damage. Brodie’s life is a mess. Sparks fly between Brodie and Audrey.
Despite two ridiculous, interfering, and feuding aunts (his and hers), Brodie and Audrey begin to have feelings for each other that move beyond hate. Will the aunts accept this turn of events?
Meet Me in the Orchard includes a good measure of family drama, witty banter, and outrageous episodes of aunts behaving badly, which all contribute to an entertaining story.
3.5 Stars
The Paradise Petition by Carolyn Brown
(Women’s Fiction, Historical Fiction, New Beginnings, Women Supporting Women, Feminist)
In 1883, Daisy and Lily, two unmarried women, arrive in a dusty, small Texas town with plans to reinvent their lives, work as seamstresses, and start a women’s rights movement. This creates quite a stir. In this story of second chances and new beginnings, Daisy and Lily refuse to let their pasts define them.
Daisy and Lily are strong-willed, feisty, and forward thinking. There are a few women in town who are eager to fight for their rights to sit with their husbands in church, teach after they marry, go into town without a man to escort them, and the freedom to wear pants.
The story is entertaining, unwavering in its feminist themes, and includes a small side of romance.
3.5 Stars
My Recommendation:
Fans of Carolyn Brown will enjoy these two new releases. Both stories are a bit “over the top” at times, but the entertainment value is strong.
Related: The Devine Donut Shop by Carolyn Brown
Meet the Author, Carolyn Brown
Carolyn Brown is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publisher’s Weekly and #1 Amazon and #1 Washington Post bestselling author. She is the author of more than 100 novels and several novellas. She’s a recipient of the Bookseller’s Best Award, Montlake Romance’s prestigious Montlake Diamond Award, and also a three-time recipient of the National Reader’s Choice Award. Brown has been published for more than 20 years, and her books have been translated 21 foreign languages.
When she’s not writing, she likes to plot new stories in her backyard with her tom cat, Boots Randolph Terminator Outlaw, who protects the yard from all kinds of wicked varmints like crickets, locusts, and spiders. Visit her at http://www.carolynbrownbooks.com.
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I like the book cover of Meet Me In The Orchard and the premise of the story sounds good.
A little zany as well!
Lovely reviews, Carol. I enjoyed The Paradise Petition, but haven’t managed to read Meet Me in the Orchard yet, despite it sitting patiently on my shelf!💖📚
I hope you enjoy it when you get to it!