Carolyn Brown

Small Town Rumors Carolyn Brown

Everyone is talking about Jennie Sue Baker and the mess she made of her life in New York. The former high school queen bee -- and wealthy darling of Bloom, Texas -- has returned home after all these years, riding on a common bus and bearing two bounced alimony checks. In a town that thrives on gossip, Jennie's fall from grace has shamed her mother, set the town buzzing, and caused old, jealous enemies to whisper in delight. They say she's taken a job as a housekeeper, gotten a garage apartment, and might be crushing on Rick Lawson, a simple farmer with modest dreams.