This is another interesting story about love, trust, and relationships by an author with a sensitivity to the intricacies of making a real connection between people. But having read it, I feel that I know the area well - not so much because of the descriptions but through the well-chosen details and the author’s eye (and ear) for character. To say I’m unfamiliar with Kentucky would be a complete understatement, so I was grateful for the glossary at the front of the book. That said, there was adequate compensation in the way that Stephany Tullis introduces us to a range of characters - many of whom I’m sure I’ll meet in my future reading - and sets out her fictional landscape, with considerable skill. With the restrictions of a shorter length, the complications of the romance are inevitably limited, and I felt that the story was perhaps a little light on plot. Missing Pieces is a romantic novella, in which editor of the local paper, Rachel Blakely, falls for Jairo Aquina, the mysterious (and possibly undesirable) stranger in town. It’s the first in what’s described as a multi-branded author series (which I take to be a series written by ore than one author) and introduces us to the residents of the fictional town of Chandlerville, in Kentucky. I thoroughly enjoyed Stephany Tullis’s Missing Pieces.
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