The Blue-Ribbon Jalapeño Society Jubilee
In Cadillac, Texas, there is only one thing hotter than the regularly scheduled town gossip: it’s the jalapeños, and who takes home the blue ribbon for growing the spiciest. But don’t let their sweet, southern charm fool you; these Texas ladies are focused on one thing and one thing only: winning. Every year, Miss Clawdy’s Cafe has taken home the prize, leaving owners Cathy and Marty mighty confident of their achievements. Until Violet Prescott, the president of the Blue-Ribbon Jalapeño Society, challenges everything, bringing on an all-out, hot-and-spicy chili-pepper war. In this laugh-out-loud read, best-selling Brown takes her expertise in writing top-notch cowboy romance novels to stir things up in her first work of women’s fiction, which is not about the lust of a rootin’, tootin’ cowboy but, rather, about the love among four female friends, proving that, no matter what, friendship matters most. --Carissa Chesanek