Tell Me True by Crista McHugh-a review

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Tell Me True
Jackson Grove Series #1 – a novella
by Crista McHugh

NOTE:  Tell Me True will be released in the box set, Summer on Main Street on June 23rd, 2015.

From the back cover:

TELL ME TRUE, a new novella from NYT Bestselling Author Crista McHugh. Welcome to Jackson Grove, Alabama, where some pre-wedding shenanigans provide the perfect opportunity to unite two victims of unrequited love, Hunter and Chelsea. Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps… or perhaps in this case, a skunk.

Review:

Tell Me True begins with Chelsea back home in Jackson Grove for her best friend, Lisa’s wedding. Everything is going fine, until the door opens, and in walks Hunter who has been on Chelsea’s short list of people to dislike since college. And, when Lisa tells her that he’s there for the wedding as well? She is less than impressed. Add to that little tidbit that he’s also staying at Lisa and Bubba’s, where Chelsea just happens to be staying…….Well, I’m sure you get it! Ha! Chelsea still has no idea why he doesn’t like her or why he threw her in the pool at a graduation party several years ago, but she is there to help Lisa. After all, that’s what best friends do when they’re tapped as the maid of honor, right? She tells herself that it’s only five days, so surely she can handle being in his presence for that long.

As things get rolling and wedding preparations are being made, Chelsea and Hunter are thrown together with lists of things that need to be done. It doesn’t take long for sparks to fly and for Lisa to think that maybe she’s misjudged Hunter all these years. She had always thought him the spoiled son of a renowned orthopedic surgeon who had coasted in life and never really had to work for anything, even though he’d graduated med school and worked his butt off. Lisa admonished Chelsea for having such thoughts and reminded her how people had treated her after her father, who had been a senator, had been mired in scandal. Let’s just say that Chelsea is about to learn firsthand that things aren’t always as they seem…………

Tell Me True is another wonderfully written story by Crista McHugh. We were originally introduced to Jackson Grove and a few of these characters in McHugh’s Kelly Brothers series, so when I heard that she was basing a series there?!?!?! My fan girl was ecstatic!! J Chelsea and Hunter are great together. Their chemistry was awesome, as was the interaction with all of the characters. It’s a typical small town in Alabama, much like the one I grew up in in Arkansas. Of course, there are the busy bodies and such, but you will fall in love with these earnest, hard working people. Tell Me True is a story that touched my heart and just proves that things aren’t always as they seem, if you can just look past the trees to see the forest. I can’t wait for the next one. If you’re looking for a fast read with lovely, relatable characters, and an errant skunk, this one is for you!! I can’t wait for the next installment!! Once again, I’d read a phone book written by Crista! Well done Crista McHugh! Very very very well done!!

Copy supplied by the author

Reviewed by Vickie M