Small town girl - LaVyrle Spencer

A new contemporary novel, in which bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer chronicles the passionate awakening of a country-music megastar.

Eighteen years ago, young Tess McPhail left tiny Wintergreen, Missouri, for Nashville and never looked back. Now thirty-five, 'Mac' McPhail is one of country music's biggest stars, with no time for love or family - until her sisters insist she comes home to help care for their widowed mother.

But Mac is unprepared for the indifferent reception she receives in Wintergreen, especially from Kenny Kronek, the next-door neighbour she taunted mercilessly all through high school. A handsome divorcee who dotes on his teenage daughter, Casey, Kenny refuses to give Mac the time of day.

But Casey is a promising singer, and when Mac assumes the role of mentor, the hostility between Mac and Kenny turns to playful bickering, then passion. It is only when Mac returns to Nashville that what seemed possible in Wintergreen now seems like naive fantasy. Is there room for caring and commitment in her glamorous world - or is Mac destined always to be alone?