Discover. . .: Felony Melanie and the Prank War, based on characters from the movie Sweet Home Alabama is a laugh-out-loud #YAlit #RomanticComedy #comedy #romcom #romance

Friday, October 7, 2022

Felony Melanie and the Prank War, based on characters from the movie Sweet Home Alabama is a laugh-out-loud #YAlit #RomanticComedy #comedy #romcom #romance

FEARLESS FRIDAY

This is a fun fearless post...a restless teen who is game for reckless adventures. I remember the movie, and this series sounds like a great prequel.

You met her in the movie Sweet Home Alabama. Now see what Melanie Smooter was like before she became hot fashion designer Melanie Carmichael.

In high school, Melanie Smooter is known as Felony Melanie, the teenage troublemaker of Pigeon Creek, Alabama. Aching to escape the boredom of small-town life, her restlessness sparks many reckless adventures. Her boyfriend, Jake, is always by her side – and the local sheriff is usually close behind.

This week, everyone in town is looking forward to the big football game against Greenville, Pigeon Creek’s hated rivals. Jake is more excited than most – as the new quarterback, he’s poised for stardom. But the lead up to the game becomes as exciting as the game itself when pranksters from Greenville steal Pigeon Creek’s pig mascot. Then Jake’s playbook goes missing, which could get him kicked off the team. Could the pranksters have stolen it as well? Melanie, Jake, and their friends embark on an undercover mission to recover the stolen mascot and find Jake’s playbook before the team is disgraced in front of the whole town.

Head back in time to the early 1990s for this laugh out loud rom com based on one of the best rom com movies of all time.

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EXCERPT:

Melanie pounded on the door.

Jake opened it. “Melanie?”

“Y’all got to come with me, Jake. Right now.”

Jake looked over to Coach. “I’m kind of in the middle of something. As you know.”

“Yeah, but…” Melanie needed a story that would get Jake out of there immediately. “It’s your mama.”

“What about my mama?”

“She’s at the hospital. There was an accident at the roadhouse.”

Jake blanched. His lip trembled. “Is she okay?”

Uh oh. Maybe she’d gone a little too big. “Oh yeah. Just a little burn. There was a fire in the kitchen. Very small. She put it out with the fire extinguisher. She’s kind of a hero, actually.”

Coach stood up and grabbed a set of keys off his desk. “Come on. I’ll drive y’all over there.”

Melanie held up her hands. “No, no, no. That’s not necessary, Coach. She’s fine, really. She mostly went as a precaution.”

Jake crossed his arms. “Then why is it so important that I leave right now? I have something important to discuss with Coach.”

Shoot, this lie was growing bigger than a possum in a restaurant’s garbage can.

Author Bio:

Douglas J. Eboch is a screenwriter and author who wrote the original screenplay to the movie Sweet Home Alabama starring Reese Witherspoon. In his novel Totally Rad Wormhole, two nerds from the eighties accidentally open a wormhole to today, go to their high school reunion, and meet their future selves. Horrified at what they’ve become, they set out to change their fate.

His sister is the author of over 100 books under the names Kris Bock, M.M. Eboch and Chris Eboch. As Kris Bock, she writes novels of mystery, suspense, and romance, many with outdoor adventures and Southwestern landscapes. In the Accidental Detective series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty. This humorous series starts with Something Shady at Sunshine Haven. The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at a small-town cat café, and the adorable cats and kittens looking for their forever homes.