From Publishers Weekly Despite earnest attempts to tweak modern romance clichés， historical novelist Lippi (1999 Pen/Hemingway winner for Homestead) falls victim to the predictable plotting of contemporary chick lit in her first present-day excursion， a story of love in a small Southern town. When a struggling New Jersey film company， Tied to the Tracks， gets invited to Ogilvie， Ga.， to make a documentary about renowned writer-in-residence Zula Bragg， Tied to the Tracks' owner， Angie Mangiamele， is thrilled to get the work—but not so thrilled to see old flame John Grant， chair of Ogilvie College's English department. John is brilliant， handsome， well-connected and about to marry Caroline Rose， youngest daughter of a prominent local family. Angie and John， under the gaze of prying Ogilvie eyes， try， and fail， to convince themselves there is nothing left between them. The more interesting story of Zula's secret past plays second fiddle to the ho-hum reunion of the star-crossed lovers. Several amusing secondary characters， including Angie's wisecracking business partners and the oh-so-Southern Ogilvie denizens， add to the story's charm， but the novel makes no real emotional demands. (June) Copyright © Reed Business Information， a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist Writing under the name Sara Donati， Lippi has authored the acclaimed Wilderness historical fiction series. With her newest novel， however， she turns her buoyant creative talents to the romantic comedy genre with an effervescent tale of a trio of offbeat Yankee filmmakers plunked down deep in the heart of Dixie to produce a controversial documentary about Miss Zula Bragg， literary doyenne of Georgia's Ogilvie College. While on campus， partners Angie Mangiamele， Rivera Rosenblum， and Tony Russo must work under the auspices of the English department， chaired by Ogilvie's fair-haired favorite son， John Grant， whose upcoming wedding to the town's equally fair-haired favorite daughter， Caroline Rose， may be derailed once news of John and Angie's previous love affair gets out. As the former lovers tap-dance around their still obvious mutual attraction， their friends choose up sides to ensure the wedding either does， or does not， take place. Lippi handles the prenuptial disruption and a dazzling array of hot-button social issues (racism and homosexuality among them) with cool aplomb. Carol HaggasCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved See all Editorial Reviews