Title: His Small-Town Girl (Sutter’s Hollow #1)

Author: Lacy Williams

Published: May 12th 2020

Source: Received from the author, in exchange for an honest review

Type: ARC, e-copy

Tags: #smalltown

Blurb:

She’s sweet and wholesome. And hiding something.

He’s back home, resurrecting old ghosts.

One of them is going to get hurt.

Molly arrives in Sutter’s Hollow out of gas and out of options. The rundown ranch seems like a perfect place to hide. Except the man who owns it seems just as dangerous as what’s chasing her.

Cord’s mantra growing up? Get out of Sutter’s Hollow. Now he’s back in town, but only long enough to get rid of his grandma’s ball and chain—the ranch. He doesn’t need a complication like Molly, who reminds him of an injured baby bird. He’s no protector. So why can’t he tell her to get lost?

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Finally I start a series at book 1 and finally I can tell you I did manage to complete all the three books in the same period! Lacy Williams is amazing at creating characters and developing back stories and my love for this series increased with each title.

Book one in the Sutter’s Hollow series focuses on Cord and Molly. He is back in town to sort out some family affairs – selling his grandmother’s ranch and she is running from her past. Well, actually Cord is trying to run from his past in a way. What he actually wants is to finish the renovations of the ranch, sell it and be done with it. He is not in town to make friends or to reconnect. Still, when he sees Molly, he immediately understands there is something wrong – sleeping in her old truck, scarred.

They have a connection which Cord is not willing to admit for most of the book. Molly may seem a bit nosy, as she constantly tries to fix something, weather this something is a truck, a tractor, his life or lifestyle. There is also a bit of an age gap and I like that it is also visible in how the characters act. Molly feels a bit like a teenager sometimes and this gives Cord the breath of fresh air he needs.

Both characters have an intense and interesting past, but Cord’s story is the one that is continues throughout the series, as it affects not only him, but also the other characters that we will read about in books 2 and 3. When he speaks about that difficult night and when he finally has the courage to let it all out, it’s like a weight has been lifted. The atmosphere in the book changes, if you can understand what I mean.

I loved “His Small Town Girl”. It’s an easy and sweet romance, noting on the tense side of the Romance genre. Yes, I think the romance happened a bit too fast and yes, maybe there was not a big enough conflict here, but it is a great book to pass some time, it’s a great town and it speaks about new beginnings. Give it a chance 😉 4 out of 5

Cover Review: It pains me to say I do not like it that much. I like the small town image in the background, I like the colors and the font – it’s all optimistic. But the lady on the cover seems not to belong there somehow. The idea of the book is not necessarily a small town girl. It’s more than that. He is also a small town guy so… ? Title and cover vs content – may be not that great.

Favorite Quote: “It’s okay for you to not be okay”

About The Author

Lacy Williams wishes her writing career was more like what you see on Hallmark movies: dreamy brainstorming from a French chateau or a few minutes at the computer in a million-dollar New York City penthouse. In reality, she’s up before the sun, putting words on the page before her kids wake up for the day. Those early-morning and late-night writing sessions add up, and Lacy has published fifty books in almost a decade, first with a big five publisher and then as an indie author. When she needs to refill the well, you can find Lacy birdwatching, gardening, biking with the kiddos, or walking the dog. Find tons of bonus scenes and reader extras by becoming a VIP reader at www.lacywilliams.net/vip .

Website  http://www.lacywilliams.net

Twitter  lacy_williams

Genre  Romance, Historical Fiction