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Churches outnumber bars 20 to 1 in Greenville, South Carolina - so that's where new-in-town stockbroker Jay Jarvis sets out to meet women. Listen to how things change after a weekend beach retreat with a bevy of bewildering believers.

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Jay Jarvis just moved east.

His dating life's gone south.

What else is a guy to do but go fishing?

Jay is new in town. He's young, successful, and single, and he's not afraid to plop down in a church pew to scope out the females. But in the murky waters of the South Carolina singles scene, Jay's whole world is in danger of being turned upside down.

"Refreshingly honest. . . . Highly recommended."--Library Journal

"Blackston's light and breezy style makes ideal reading for a lazy summer night."--Bookpage

"Fun, lighthearted, and thoroughly enjoyable."--CCM magazine

"This is one book you don't want to miss!"--Crossings Book Club

"Amazing. A novel that is simultaneously serious, hilarious, and impossible to put down."--The Dallas Morning News

Armed with the knowledge that his second grade teacher always liked his stories and poems, Ray Blackston walked away from the corporate cubicle, bought a laptop, said a prayer, and began typing the first words of Flabbergasted. He does not recommend this method for the faint of heart. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars So Fun and Refreshing!, May 26 2010

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Shirley Rempel (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flabbergasted: A Novel (Paperback)

This was such a fun book to read! The first thing that caught my attention was the vibrant cover! Just looking at the cover makes you want to read this book!

It is a romance of sorts, but from a man's view, which is very uncommon. I love that the main character Jay thought church would be a great place to meet girls (LOL,) and in the process God worked some major changes in him! Through reading this book one thing is evident (both to the characters, eventually, and to the reader) our ways are not His ways and His timing is not ours....we need to be open to whatever He brings us to!

Mr. Blackston did a remarkable job portraying all the wonderful characters and I felt that I was right in the scenes throughout reading this novel. If you are looking for some fun summer reading, with a strong Christian/Gospel message, then Flabbergasted is the book for you! I love that Blackston delves into the topic that Christianity is not about religion but about relationship! Awesome job at bringing that through the medium of a novel, Mr. Blackston! You will laugh and cry while reading this easy to read, well-written debut book! I look forward to seeing if a sequel will be in the future!

I highly recommend it and give it a huge thumbs up!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun :), May 26 2010

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Valerie Comer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flabbergasted: A Novel (Paperback)

Flabbergasted is a curious mix, a story that is at once light and humorous but also manages to speak on a deeper level. In fact, if the word chick-lit wasn't out of favor, and if the story's one-and-only main character wasn't male, I'd be willing to suggest it fit into that category as the tone is similar. However, the story is narrated by Jay Jarvis, a twenty-something ladder-climbing stock broker newly arrived in Greenville, South Carolina, and recently dumped by his girlfriend. Now that he's settling into his new digs, he's looking for love.

You know the song talks about looking for love in all the wrong places. Jay has no idea where singles hang out in his new town, so he asks the advice of his real estate agent. The realtor says the singles in town rotate between the churches. Thus, Jay finds himself in a Sunday school classroom with a young woman who says, "No ring? Then you're in the right place."

Ray Blackston's characters are not cookie-cutter. Where Jay Jarvis longs for a relationship while juggling eccentric clients, going to beach parties, and trying to fit into church life after an absence of four or five years, Allie Kyle is a missionary temporarily back in Greenville from Ecuador, and the relationship she longs for is one closer to God. This never comes across in a pious way. Instead, she's a veteran food-thrower and a poet who spontaneously carves words into sandbars and dirt roads.

Flabbergasted is not a novel of easy answers. Sandwiched between hilarious scenes are deep thoughts, presented with a light touch.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Aug 20 2007

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K. Wray (Winnipeg, MB Canada) - See all my reviews
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Never read a guy's version of 'chick lit' before, but totally enjoyed it. Look forward to reading more of Blackston's work.

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