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Rucker McClure had drowned beer and chased women everywhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line, but he couldn’t resist heading straight for Mount Pleasant, Alabama, when the town’s mayor, ex-Miss Georgia Dinah Sheridan, sent him a baby possum in retaliation for a column that savaged their annual... read more

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  • Rucker McClure: Home-spun author and newpaper columnist who antagonizes Dinah Sheridan
  • Dinah Sheridan: Former Miss Georgia, now mayor of Mount Pleasant, Alabama and high school history teacher.
  • Jethro: oppossum sent by Dinah to Rucker as a protest over his disparenging remarks about Mount Pleasant's Possum Days.
  • Millie Surprise: Rucker's secretary, called Miss Hunstomper by Rucker. Former Navy officer. Her story is told in sequal "Caught By Surprise."
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This is book 255 of 801 in Loveswept. (publisher series)
This is book 1 of 11 in Surprise. (standard series)

Followed by Caught by Surprise.

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  1. Deborah Smith (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0553218948
Page Count: 183

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  • Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 1561 vol. 5
  • Dewey: 813.6

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Reading Level: Adults

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