Whiskey Road
A Love Story
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
From Karen Siplin, the author of His Insignificant Other and Such a Girl, comes a passionate and edgy love story about a savvy female celebrity photographer and a small-town white contractor that asks, "Where does a black woman born and raised in the big city go when she wants to escape, and what happens when she gets there?"
After one too many run-ins with irate A-list celebrities and their bodyguards on the streets of Los Angeles, paparazza Jimi Anne Hamilton has decided to throw in the towel. But when she planned to ride her BMW K 1200 motorcycle from California to New York, she didn't count on having her cross-country adventure interrupted by a motorcycle thief. After the brutal attack, which sees both her motorcycle and camera equipment stolen, she finds herself left with only her helmet, a few clothes, and a bag of money she swiped from her attacker. Disillusioned and hurt, Jimi chooses to recuperate in a nearby town where she meets Caleb Atwood, a local contractor fighting his own demons.
Jimi and Caleb make a mismatched pair: black and white, highbrow and low. But in Caleb, Jimi believes she has found someone who feels as much of an outsider as she is. With Whiskey Road, Karen Siplin again succeeds in giving readers a story about opposites who manage to see what no one else can -- that they're right for each other.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Star-crossed lovers have a tough time of it in Siplin's wooden third novel. When rough-hewn smalltown Pennsylvania contractor Caleb Atwood sees an African-American woman who appears to have been beaten, he buys her some medical supplies and drops her off at a local inn. She returns the favor when she comes across him in a bar parking lot, his nose bloodied. As it turns out, she's a Harley-riding paparazzi named Jimi on her way to New York from L.A. (her injuries are the result of a run-in with a motorcycle thief), and Caleb's bloody nose leads to a love affair, much to the dismay of a few of Caleb's friends. As Caleb and Jimi's relationship becomes serious, Caleb's brother, freshly released from jail, turns up in town and brings plenty of trouble with him. Unfortunately, the characters are deeply stereotypical, and the plot twists are predictable and contrived.
