Just kidding...kind of. DJ (Dorothy Jarrow) has patterned her life to be that of the respectable librarian. So, when she lands the position of "the librarian" in Verdant, Kansas she feels like all her hard work and personal repression is finally paying off. Oh but wait, the town hottie/pharmacist Scott just happens to be the guy she hooked up with years ago on a spring break trip to South Padre Island! The romance plot between the two centers on the fact that DJ immediately recognizes Scott, but he doesn't realize she is his "Sparkle Girl" from years ago until the very end of the novel.
Yes, this set up is super romance novel tropey and sometimes DJ come off as real annoying (for those of us who dislike the button-up library image), but I liked the characters enough to stick with it. I really enjoyed Scott as just an average middle-class nice guy. Not a billionaire playboy or duke in disguise or some other typical romance novel trick but a pillar of the community nonetheless.
I would recommend this book to fans of Jennifer Crusie and Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and anyone else who likes witty banter, small-town slice of life, interesting character driven type of stories (think: Gilmore Girls in book form).
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