title: Girl Next Door
author: Maness, Michelle
description: Virginia Philips loves to restore old houses, bake cookies, and lament the over generous curves she was born with. She also likes to admire Joel Bradford, Hollywood’s hottest leading man on the big screen. When she gets a new neighbor, she bakes a plate of cookies and prepares to welcome them to the neighborhood. Imagine her surprise when none other than Joel Bradford opens the door! Flustered, Virginia shoves the cookies into his hands and retreats back across the yard to her own property. What is the hottest face in Hollywood doing in the suburb south of Nashville? He isn’t a country music star, he’s a movie star! Better question, why does he seem to be coming around and pursuing her? What could he possibly want with the Girl Next Door?