I recently read Talk of the Town by Lisa Wingate.
Mandalay Florentino works for a show called AMERICAN MEGASTAR! This may sound glamorous,but her evil boss
Ursala is making her go to a "hole in the wall" town called
Daily,Texas to film the hometown reunion show for the
top 5 finalist Amber Anderson.Not only that,but stories are
running wild about Amber dating Hollywood playboy
Justin Shay,who was twice her age.With all that pressure,
Mandalay goes.The first night,someone double booked her room at the hotel she was staying at.She called the police because she thought he was a robber or something. But it turns out it was a cute cowboy named Carter.The next day,the laughed about it.
Later,Amber came home from Los Angles.Her home was battered.Also,her parents left her to her often drunk grandfather.But when they where trying
to sneak Amber into a show,Mandalay's assistant,Butch told her two things that made her mad!
The first thing was that her boss Ursala, was trying to bribe the people who count the votes
to make Amber loose.Second,she found out that her boyfriend,Carter,was actually a big time music person! also,Ursala was plotting to fire her! This made her very upset. When her boss
came to visit,Mandalay laid into her and threatened to expose her.That fuelled her motivation
to put on a great private show.And she did.Even then,something was still missing.Carter.She really wanted him back.When she was in the Baptist church,they saw each other.They fell right back in love.
This book has hometown charm!a plus!
