Synopsis from Jennifer Lynn Cary:
She’s literally stuck in her engagement. He’s trying to keep her there. But when you take the couple out of Texas, is the romance lost?
Ronnie Webb has broken her engagement to the love of her life, Carlos (Cal) Garcia, or would have if the stupid ring would come off her finger.
To find the space to get over him and the rest of what is going wrong in her life, she leaves her dad’s Texas ranch to visit her aunt and family in Kokomo, Indiana.
But hanging out with the Weather Girls, especially with their cardinal in the sycamore legend sending out strong vibes, Ronnie’s love life may not be as dead as she thinks.
Carlitos can’t believe the letter Ronnie left him right before Christmas—his last one at home before his enlistment starts. However, his broken wrist might just be the break he needs to get Ronnie back before it’s too late.
But what does this native Texan know about mid-western Hoosier romance?
And can he learn, or is this the end?
Ronnie: A Sweet, Quirky Romantic Yarn is book five in the Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue series. Inspired by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’ 1960’s song of the name, this charming tale with a bit of western influence finishes off 1972 and brings you into the New Year in Kokomo, Indiana.
Publisher: Tandem Services Press
Source: Jennifer Lynn Cary
Leslie’s Review: 4.5 Stars/I More Than Love It!!!
Jennifer Lynn Cary adds spice and flair with her latest release, Ronnie. Ronnie reintroduces readers to a character they met while reading Cheryl’s Coming Home—Cheryl’s niece Ronnie. Visiting for the holidays with her family, Ronnie ends up staying in Kokomo, Indiana in order to help out her cousins at their Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue store after she breaks off her engagement—by way of a letter—to childhood best friend Carlitos, whom Ronnie affectionately calls “Cal”. Cal, a recent army enlister, drives to Kokomo at his first opportunity to figure out how the broken engagement happened and to try to win Ronnie back. When Cal gets to Kokomo, Ronnie refuses to get back with him. As Cal realizes the real reason for the broken engagement, Cal decides to use his weeks of medical leave from the Army due to an injury to stay in Kokomo to win Ronnie back (and get better). When Ronnie learns of Cal’s plan, Ronnie is having none of it, and Cal realizes he has his work cut out for him.
I was excited to hear that Jennifer Lynn Cary was creating Ronnie and giving a character from Cheryl’s Coming Home their own story. I fell in love with the story of Ronnie and the character Ronnie. I thought Ronnie was spicy and a spitfire when it came to Cal! I thought that the episode with her engagement ring was hilarious! (Read Ronnie for the full story!) My heart hurt for Ronnie and I fully respected and understood why she broke off the engagement. I respected Cal for not giving up on Ronnie and giving her the space she needed to work things out, and in a way, sticking it out with her. I felt that being in Kokomo and working with her Weather Girl Cousins at the Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue was therapeutic for Ronnie and helped strengthen her and strengthen her relationship with God. I love the lessons Ronnie learns about God, trust, and fear because I needed that reminder too. I felt that Cal was a gentleman throughout the book and that he grew in the Lord and as a person during his time in Kokomo. I believe that what both Cal and Ronnie learned helped them to reconcile and move forward. I also love that you got a little taste of Texas in Ronnie too. Ronnie was such a delight to read with powerful lesson! If you are looking for a fun escape that has a powerful lesson, then I highly recommend Ronnie by Jennifer Lynn Cary! I can’t wait to see what Ms. Cary creates next!
Have you read Ronnie? What did you think of the book? What other books in the Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue series have you read?
I would like to thank Jennifer Lynn Cary for giving me a copy of Ronnie to review, for letting me be on the Launch Team, and supplying the information I needed for this post. I enjoyed being on the Launch Team! All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Learn More About:
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, the Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue series, her novella Tales of the Hob Nob Annex Café, and her split-time novels The Traveling Prayer Shawl and The Forgotten Gratitude Journal.
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More from Jennifer Lynn Cary:
Cracklin’ Rosie: The Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue Book 4
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
Judy in Disguise: The Weather Girls Wedding Shoppe and Venue Book 1
Leslie’s Library Escape 