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This is the first of a trilogy set in the north Georgia mountains in the fictional town of Sweetness, which was razed to the ground by an EF-5 tornado a decade ago. How this tornado managed to raze an entire town without any loss of life is something the reader must simply believe. Three brothers, Porter, Kendall, and Marcus (all good old southern boys with washboard abs) are rebuilding the town. They invite women from Broadway, MN, to come down for companionship (i.e., sex) and to help with the rebuilding.
After a fall from the towns water tower, the cocky and charming youngest brother, Porter, makes the acquaintance of the newly arrived town doctor, Nikki Salinger, who is hoping to rebuild her life after her fiancé leaves her for a stripper named Tori. Add to this mix a bet, some desperation, two older brothers, a cantankerous mountain doctor who uses herbs to treat broken bones, almost a hundred other women (some of whom are simply caricatures), and you have a pleasant, off-beat southern ride.
Some of the minor characters are simply stereotypes of southern men and northern women. All romances are, to a degree, formulaic, but this one held my interest for a while.
After a fall from the towns water tower, the cocky and charming youngest brother, Porter, makes the acquaintance of the newly arrived town doctor, Nikki Salinger, who is hoping to rebuild her life after her fiancé leaves her for a stripper named Tori. Add to this mix a bet, some desperation, two older brothers, a cantankerous mountain doctor who uses herbs to treat broken bones, almost a hundred other women (some of whom are simply caricatures), and you have a pleasant, off-beat southern ride.
Some of the minor characters are simply stereotypes of southern men and northern women. All romances are, to a degree, formulaic, but this one held my interest for a while.
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I just love Stephanie Bond. (Body Movers a big thumbs up)
I have to agree. It starts off slow but please keep reading it gets better. I'm looking forward the the other two.
I have to agree. It starts off slow but please keep reading it gets better. I'm looking forward the the other two.
This is the first book I have read by this author. I admit I wasn't thrown into the storyline at first, but once I had a chance to read for a longer period of time, I was hooked. I really enjoyed this book. I am looking forward to the other 2 in the series and more books by her.
This interesting book has many surprises, and the unique setting (a once-thriving rural mountain community that was destroyed by a tornado and abandoned) makes the surprises possible. What happens when you add a bunch of Yankee city women to a southern community that currently has no women? Anything!
