(for Earl Edward McCready III), Sarah Lee, Sarah Jane, Sweet Johnnie, a woman, with female cousins, who were all named after Grandpa John since there were no boys.

The story speaks about family loyalty, legacy and people with names like Tootie, Grand pap E.J.J. They are families, neighbors and town folk where high school dreams and embarrassments are still relevant 20 years later. This is a story of people of Lake Sackett. Margot loses her job and accepts a job offer from her estranged father’s family, the McCready, to join the businesses of the McCready Funeral Home and Bait Shop. We first meet Margot Cary at the height of her career as an elite event planner in Chicago where everything goes spectacularly wrong. This is a mature romance story about a family reunion, building old relationships and beginning new ones. Will Margot reel in her handsome fish, or will she have to release her latest catch? The two of them hit it off, but not everybody is happy to see an outsider snapping up one of the town's most eligible gentleman. Now she's blackballed by the gala set and in dire need of a fresh start - and apparently the McCreadys are in need of an event planner with a tarnished reputation.Īs Margot finds her footing in a town where everybody knows not only your name but what you had for dinner last Saturday night and what you'll wear to church on Sunday morning, she grudgingly has to admit that there are some things Lake Sackett does better than Chicago - including the dating prospects.Įlementary school principal Kyle Archer is a fellow fish out of water who volunteers to show Margot the picture-postcard side of Southern living. She's riding high until one event goes tragically, spectacularly wrong. As an elite event planner, Margot's rubbed elbows with the cream of Chicago society and made elegance and glamour her business.

Margot Cary has spent her life immersed in everything Lake Sackett is not. And, true to form in small Southern towns, family business becomes everybody's business. (What, you have a problem with one-stop shopping?) Two McCready brothers started two separate businesses in the same building back in 1928, and now it's become one big family affair. Nestled on the shore of Lake Sackett, Georgia, is the McCready Family Funeral Home and Bait Shop. Beloved author Molly Harper launches a brand-new contemporary romance series, Southern Eclectic, with this story of a big-city party planner who finds true love in a small Georgia town.

Sweet tea and sympathy by molly harper