Mary Kay Andrews' novels are always relaxing and fun, with just enough quirky characters to to pique your interest without being too unbelievable. In Spring Fever, Annajane Hudgens is attending the wedding of her ex-husband, Mason Bayless, who is also the brother of her best friend Pokey. The problem is that Annajane has never quite fallen out of love with Mason despite her recent engagement and her plans to move out of state. She has worked for years for Quixie, the North Carolina soda company owned by Mason's family, but has recently sold her loft and accepted a position with a PR firm in Atlanta to make a fresh start and be closer to her fiance, Shane. Mason's wedding to the despicable Celia, who is eager to push Annajane out of the company and out of the Bayless family's lives, is the impetus that Annajane needs to move on with her life. When Mason's daughter Sophie has an attack of appendicitis, though, the wedding is brought to a screeching halt and Annajane is caught in the middle of yet another Bayless family crisis.
One of the things that I found very enjoyable is the sensible way Annajane and Mason conduct their lives and relationship. There are no hysterics, no wild car chases, no murders. There is a hastily rescheduled wedding (will it take place?), an unplanned pregnancy, and some intriguing corporate shenanigans, though, so don't worry about being bored by good sense. Celia is obviously a gold-digger, Davis is a jerk, and Sallie is a snob, so there are plenty of colorful characters to go around and there are a couple of nice twists near the end.. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of Celia's trailer-trash family, but overall, this book was a delight from start to finish.
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