Synopsis from Jennifer Lynn Cary:
She’s a strong-willed chiropractor. He’s an old-fashioned MD. Sparks fly—but will they burn them or make them sizzle?
When Rose Crackinbush D.C. sets up her modern (for the 1970s) practice in a new town, heaven help anyone who thinks chiropractors aren’t legitimate doctors. Those naysayers will eat their words. Or she might make them cookies—she can be nice.
And if she can keep her temper about the town’s Jokester MD, she might win some new patients.
But this MD isn’t just a jokester. A dedicated family doctor, Brett Shoffner uses humor to help heal his patients. Only it seems newly-arrived lady chiropractors aren’t ready for his quips — no matter how pretty and smart they are. This specific lady chiropractor, not the quips.
Life would be so much easier for these two if they could avoid each other. But fate keeps throwing them together. Can they see beyond the symptoms and diagnose the real reasons behind their push-pull attraction?
And if so, will they choose the best cure?
Welcome back to 1972 Kokomo, Indiana in Cracklin’ Rosie, the fourth installment of the Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue series, where the Great Physician can adjust callings and purposes in ways never imagined.
You will enjoy Cracklin’ Rosie, a sweet, clean romcom inspired by Neil Diamond’s 1960’s song of the same title, because everyone knows that the plans we make don’t always end up as we thought they would.
Publisher: Tandem Services Press
Source: Jennifer Lynn Cary
Leslie’s Review: 4.5 Stars/I More Than Love It!
Cracklin’ Rosie by Jennifer Lynn Cary is my kind of book! Cracklin’ Rosie is the fourth book in Ms. Cary’s The Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue series telling the story of Dr. Rose Crackinbush, DC a young woman who is trying to forge a path following in her grandfather’s footsteps becoming a Chiropractor in a man’s world in the 1970s (and could care less about having a man in her life ever) and Dr. Brett Shoffner, MD, who has is mind made up about the way things should be until Rose comes along and causes him to reevaluate his way of thinking. Being thrown together at a Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting (VFW), Drs. Crackinbush and Shoffner work together begrudgingly to let Kokomo area Veterans know about the VFW’s programs. Not only is Dr. Shoffner’s views being evaluated, but Dr. Crackinbush’s as well–especially when they learn that they have more in common than just the VFW and their paths cross a lot more. Sparks fly from the onset, and not the good kind, until both unravel the true core of who God means for them to be was not what either had ever saw themselves, but one God intended them to be all along.
I love the characters that Jennifer Lynn Cary creates and how well the couples compliment each other and the characters of Rose Crackinbush and Brett Shoffner in Cracklin’ Rosie are no different. Rose is a spitfire and Brett is her equal and equally as independent that they butt heads from the get-go, which I absolutely love. I love how Brett and Rose’s relationship was paced in the book and their interactions with each other. I sympathized with Rose’s quest to be taken seriously and be independent of the social norms society tries to put on her, because I go through the same thing. I love learning a little bit about the Chiropractor world and how it was in the 1970s as well as American Medical Association (AMA). I love how both Rose’s and Brett’s stories were explored and the depth of Brett’s story and all that he had been through was a surprise to the story for me. I appreciated the character of Brett Shoffner and the journey he went on in the book and how introspective he became with not only what God was revealing to him, but revelations about what he thought of his life was. To me, it seemed that some important events of what Brett and Rose went through in the book happened off page (like the conversation that Brett had with his mom about the events that led to him becoming a doctor) and I would have liked more of it in the story (but that’s a personal preference and does not deter from the story). I also love the theme verse of the book, Romans 8:27-28, and how it’s message was woven throughout the book and how Rose and Brett learned what the verse meant for both of them and their lives. I love traveling back to Kokomo again and going to all the hang outs (and I wish the prices were still the same today)! If you are looking for an uplifting escape with purpose, then I highly recommend Cracklin’ Rosie by Jennifer Lynn Cary!
I would like to thank Jennifer Lynn Cary for giving me a copy of Cracklin’ Rosie to review and for letting me be a part of her Launch Team once again. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Historical Christian Romance author Jennifer Lynn Cary likes to say you can take the girl out of Indiana, but you can’t take the Hoosier out of the girl. Now transplanted to the Arizona desert, this direct descendant of Davy Crockett and her husband of forty-plus years enjoy time with family where she shares tales of her small-town heritage and family legacies with their grandchildren. She is the author of The Crockett Chronicles series, The Relentless series, and The Weather Girls trilogy as well as the stand-alone novel, Cheryl’s Going Home, her novella Tales of the Hob Nob Annex Café, and her split-time novels The Traveling Prayer Shawl and The Forgotten Gratitude Journal. Cracklin’ Rosie is the fourth book of her spin-off series The Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue.
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More from Jennifer Lynn Cary:
Cheryl’s Going Home: A Weather Girls Novel
Runaround Sue: The Weather Girls Wedding and Venue Shoppe Book 3
Sylvia’s Mother: Book Two of the of The Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue series
Leslie’s Library Escape 
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