Picked up from the free shelf at the used bookstore today. Couldn't resist a book with "Southern" in the title, plus I've never read any Rita Mae Brown, so I thought I'd give it a try. It's on my humongous TBR pile. From the back cover:

Meet Hortensia Reedmuller Banastre, a beautiful woman entrenched in old money, white magnolias, and a loveless marriage--until she meets an utterly gorgeous young prizefighter. Amid such memorable characters as Banana Mae Parker and Blue Rhonda (two first-class whores) and Reverend Linton Ray (who wears his clerical collar too tightly for anyone's good), Hortensia struggles to survive the hurricane of emotions caused by her scandalous love. How she ultimately triumphs is a touching and beautiful human drama--an intense and exuberant affair of the heart.

I had thought this book would be better. It had an interesting premise, but I was not convinced of any of the characters' actions - they seemed too set up. It was an okay read but not great.

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Left on the book exchange in the Medical Library.