SUMMARY: Weary of the expectations imposed on her by her strict upbringing, nineteen-year-old Mazy Pelfrey left her home in the Kentucky mountains to attend secretarial school in the genteel city of Lexington. She was sure her life would change - and only for the better. Everything was supposed to be clear skies from then on.
But business school is harder than she thought it would be, and the big city not as friendly, until she meets a charming young man from a wealthy family, Loyal Chambers. When Loyal sets his sights on her, Mazy begins to see that everything she'd ever wished to have is right before her eyes. The ony hindrance to her budding romance is a former beau, Chanis Clay, the young sheriff she thought she'd left firmly behind.
Danger rumbles like thunder on a high mountain ridge when Mazy's cosseted past collides with her clouded future and forces her to come to terms with what she really wants.
REVIEW: There was a lot of potential in this novel with all the different story lines but I felt like it came up short. I did like how Chanis was determined to do his best as the youngest sheriff and how he tried to help a couple of citizens do better, one with health issues and one who had gotten into trouble. Mazy has a big heart and I like they way she helps Cinnamon and the girls who live in her boarding house. In my opinion, the author could have gone into more detail about the characters and their relationships with each other. I like Mazy and Cinnamon, even Chanis but felt like they were missing something. The relationship of Chanis and Mazy felt forced as well as Mazy and Loyal. The characters and story felt too shallow, like something was missing.
This book was provided by Tyndale House for review without compensation.
Jan Watson's first novel, Troublesome Creek, was the 2004 winner of the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild Operation First Novel contest. Buttermilk Sky is Jan's eighth novel. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky, and has three grown sons and a daughter-in-law.
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