Farmer's Daughter
Girls Aglow
Raised on a ranch, Sally is a tomboy who never got asked on a date in high school. College, though, is going to be different. She’s got new hair, new clothes, and the determination to find a guy and a little romance. Now in a dorm with new friend Holly, she’s going to take on the world and leave her old self behind. However, blindly dating anyone interested doesn’t seem to be working, although she’s collecting some great stories about the worst dates ever. She isn’t sure how to get what she wants.
When her estranged mother gets sick, Sally has to return to her old life, as well as an old friend she never truly saw before, and things begin to change. But this guy lives far away, and she doesn’t want a long distance thing. She wants romance to be fun and easy and nearby.
But even Sally isn’t so far gone not to care about this guy, and when he leaves her alone like she wants and then finds himself in trouble, she realizes what she’s been overlooking all along. She just hopes it isn’t too late to make amends and that she can find some balance between the tomboy and the girl looking to be loved.
Jill's Notes
- A black bear family plays a role in this book. I’ve never seen a black bear in the wild, although they do live around me. In fact, during Covid, the nearest big city caught a video of a black bear wandering a college campus since the streets of town were so empty.
- Some of Sally’s bad dates are loosely based on stories of bad dates friends have shared with me over the years. Some are fully from my imagination.
- Brothers Kee and Frank Jones, who have big roles in this book, showed up first in the Boys of Summer series in Waylaid.
- This is the first Girls Aglow book that takes place on a college campus. I don’t think I ever name the college. I’m terrible at naming things.
- This book is in Kindle Unlimited.