SON OF A PREACHER MAN

&ldquo,I forget that you&rsquo,re a fella sometimes.&rdquo,&ldquo,Gee, thanks.&rdquo,I never forgot that she was a girl. Not for one second&hellip,1959. The long, hot Southern summer bakes the sleepy town of Orchard Hill. Billy Ray Davenport, an aspiring physician and only son of an indomitable traveling minister, is a young man with a plan that starts with ,working in a small-town doctor&rsquo,s office before he begins medical school in the fall. ,Handsome, principled, and keenly observant, he arrives in town to lodge with the Millers, the local doctor&rsquo,s family. He never bargained for Lizzie Quinlan&mdash,a complex, kindred spirit who is beautiful and compassionate, yet scorned by the townsfolk. Could a girl with a reputation be different than she seems? ,With her quirky wisdom and a spine of steel hidden beneath an effortless sensuality, Lizzie is about to change Billy Ray&rsquo,s life&mdash,and his heart&mdash,forever.A realistic look at first love, told by an idealistic young man, Son of a Preacher Man ,is ,a heartwarming coming of age tale set in a simpler time.For readers of romance, 20th century Southern Fiction, Coming-of-Age stories, family sagas, and women',s fiction._,