Ben Laroux is a gorgeous and sexy complication she can’t afford, but also can't resist.
FOREVER, ALABAMA
Alabama #3
Susan Sands
Releasing March 20th, 2017
Tule Publishing
Everybody loves local attorney and favorite son, Ben Laroux. Well, at least everybody of the female persuasion–until he meets Sabine O'Connor. She loathes him and makes no secret of her feelings, even when he pours on his famous charm hoping to thank her for helping his family. Ben has never been told no, and if there's one thing he's never walked away from, it's a challenge.
Sabine hopes she’s finally found peace and safety in the small town of Ministry. She’s changed her name to escape her painful past and her shameful family secrets. Ben Laroux is a gorgeous and sexy complication she can’t afford, but also can't resist. However, when her past threatens to derail her present and future, Ben might be the only man she can trust.
My
Rating:
Favorite
Quotes:
Jean-Claude Prudhomme
deserved nothing from his former wife – except maybe a Taser to his testicles.
Fine. But it doesn’t keep me from wishing for him
to get exactly what he deserves. Like
someone throwing him naked on an anthill with peanut butter on his
genitals. You know, real justice.
I didn’t want you to think
I was pining for you – I was, by the way.
Because every time I look at you, you reduce me to a horny
fourteen-year-old boy who’s just gotten to second base for the first time.
My
Review:
Sabine was a fraud, well, she
was and she wasn’t Sabine, and she was and she wasn’t a fraud. Not really.
Sabine and her devastated mother had changed their names and appearance
and moved to a small town after their lives had imploded following a family
scandal. The premise was intriguing and
interesting and Ms. Sands’s writing was engaging, amusing, and
entertaining. I enjoyed her humor and
the lively and colorful descriptions she used in introducing each new character
and location. The characters were
relatable and interestingly detailed, with my favorite being the new and improved
Ben. I cherished the man Ben evolved
into after his rather painful personal epiphany. Part of Sabine’s discomfort was that she knew and was
keeping too many secrets. Her own
family’s secrets being the most deplorable, but as she had established herself
as the leading therapist in the area, she also knew too much about many of the
residents, and she had been forced to listen to and assist far too many women
mooning over Ben to take him seriously.
Poor Ben. My second favorite
character was Sabine’s feisty mother, I adore seeing an older character blossom.
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Susan Sands began writing on her fortieth birthday. Better than a hot young boyfriend or a red convertible as mid-life crises go. Her first Southern women’s fiction title, Again, Alabama, was published a mere eight years later, with the second, Love, Alabama, and her latest, Forever, Alabama, following closely behind. Growing up in a small town in Louisiana, Susan's passion for reading sparked her interest in writing. She now creates stories about the quirky characters and fascinating relationships that are uniquely Southern.
Susan holds a degree in elementary education and has lived in the Johns Creek/Alpharetta suburb of Atlanta with her husband and three children for over twenty years.
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