Stuck in the Middle

Title: STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
Author: Virginia Smith
Publisher: Revell Books
February 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8007-3232-5
Genre: Inspirational/contemporary romance

Joan Sanderson is the middle sister. Stuck at home with her aging grandmother and single mom, and stuck in a dead end job as manager of a furniture rental company. Her oldest sister is starting a family, and Tori is making major money in her budding career.

Dr. Ken Fletcher is new to town. He’s working in the hospital emergency room and has his eye on the pretty woman that lives next door. But Joan’s sister, Tori, is flirting shamelessly with him, and then Joan turns flirty and Ken is turned off.

Ken talks differently about God than the God Joan is familiar with, so she goes on a quest to find the God that Ken knows. And with a little help from God, her oldest sister, and an enormous, bad-mannered mutt, Joan begins to find her way out of the rut.

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE is the first book in the Sister-to-Sister series. I enjoyed getting to know Joan and her sisters and I can’t wait to read more about them. Joan’s faith issue was well-thought out, and well done, and even spoke to me several times.

I also enjoyed getting to know Ken, and the cast of secondary characters really filled out the story. STUCK IN THE MIDDLE is definitely a winner. It celebrates family and friendship as well as emphasizing the need for a deeper than surface faith. Don’t miss STUCK IN THE MIDDLE. Age Before Beauty, book two in the series, is coming in early 2009. $13.99. 332 pages.