When Emma Collins uses her divorce settlement to purchase a bed-and-breakfast in the Ozarks, her sister Katy thinks small-town life will be perfect for her and her six-year-old son. But when the sisters arrive and find that B-and-B means RBait-and-BBQ, S they have no choice but to roll up their sleeves and get to work. Original.
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When Emma Collins uses her divorce settlement to purchase a bed-and-breakfast in the Ozarks, her sister Katy thinks small-town life will be perfect for her and her six-year-old son. But when the sisters arrive and find that B-and-B means RBait-and-BBQ, S they have no choice but to roll up their sleeves and get to work. Original.
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Step Into BITSY'S BAIT & BBQ for Quirky Characters
This delightful book is peopled with an assortment of off-beat characters that just happened to live in the Ozarks. Because the town is so small, everyone does double duty; Curt is both mailman and minister, the school principal is also the town?s only real estate agent.
I fell in love with the town immediately; the main characters ? not so much. This is really the story of the changing relationship between a pair of sisters. Emma, who wants to be an anthropologist, has put her life on hold several times in order to raise and then help Katy get re-established (after her marriage to Sean Dodson failed).
I couldn?t get a handle on Katy; she seemed to be a strange mix of joy (in spite of overwhelming problems), naiveté and faith that she would find a great place for herself and Josh (her 5 year-old son) to settle into permanently . I thought she needed a keeper ? and Emma seemed to be the sane one of the pair.
Katy spends her entire divorce settlement buying ?Bitsy?s B & B? in Warbler Lake, Missouri. She purchases (what she thinks is a bed-and-breakfast) on eBay ? sight unseen. When Emma, Josh and Kate arrive, the property turns out to be a run-down ?bait-and-BBQ? disaster. Although Emma knows the best plan is to return to St. Louis, the sisters roll up their sleeves and start cleaning.
After showing no interest in Josh for all of his 5 years, along comes the ex-husband Sean ? and his mother, Gwen. It is very easy to hate Sean?s mother; she?s the controlling, dictatorial CEO of a large business (left to her by her late husband ? and Sean?s father).
Gwen helped split Sean and Katy years ago; now she wants guardianship of her grandson, Josh. After looking at the dismal job she did with Sean, I was underwhelmed by the possibility that Gwen would win custody of Josh.
Katy?s reaction to Sean is certainly in keeping with her character; however, is she setting herself up for another disaster? I wasn?t impressed with Sean or Gwen; by the end, I wasn?t sure that Sean had matured enough to make a lifetime commitment to anyone or anything.
