The Sugar Queen Av Sarah Addison Allen

<p>Twenty-seven-year-old Josey is sure of three things: winter in her North Carolina hometown is her favorite season; she''s a sorry excuse for a Southern belle; and sweets are best eaten in the privacy of her hidden closet. <br>For while Josey has settled into an uneventful life in her mother''s house, her one consolation is the stockpile of sugary treats and paperback romances she escapes to each night . . .<br> Until she finds her closet harboring none other than local waitress Della Lee Baker, a tough-talking, tender-hearted woman who is one part nemesis - and two parts fairy godmother . . .</p>