Name: His Hometown Girl
ISBN: 9780373871872

Jillian Hart

After shocking everyone by canceling her wedding to the local pastor, Karen McKaslin shocks them again--by falling in love with small-town mechanic Zachary Drake from the wrong side of the tracks. Although from different backgrounds, they are able to find common ground in their faith. (July)

His Hometown Girl

Danielle Crain

Wow - I just loved this book. It was such a sweet, innocent romance. This is the first book in Hart's McKaslin series and its off with a bang! Karen is working in her coffee shop, dealing with a broken engagement and still mourning the loss of her sister/business partner. Enter Zack (of course the bad boy is named Zack!), the town "bad-boy" and local mechanic. This story tells their romance from their start as friends, to their budding romance and then to their HEA. Enter in a grandma who is having a late-life crisis/makeover, some nosy sisters and this book is just a fun fun read. 

For me the biggest plus of this book is that there is not a lot of FORCED focus on the spiritual lives of the characters. I wouldn't read the Love-Inspired line if I didn't want some Christianity in some of my reads, but oftentimes its very poorly written and feels like its being shoved down your throat - like listening to a really bad preacher. Hart is one of the few Love-Inspired authors that I feel really has found a good balance in her writing. She is able to write a solid clean romance reflecting her Christian values without going overboard with it. 

As said in previous reviews about Jillian Hart, she has definitely earned a spot on my auto-buy list.

Rated: 4 stars for a sweet, well-balanced romance.
Warning: There are a record number of chaste kisses in this book! I stopped counting at 7 or 8... that has to be a record of some sort for Love-Inspired! lol