Another fun read on the charts for 2016! I am loving all the different books I am reading this year. I am trying to read a fiction and then a non fiction book in between! I just finished kind of a heavy depressing, yet really good book called Red Scarf Girl about communist China and their cultural revolution. It was pretty crazy and I needed a good, light and happy book after reading that! This book, Southern Charmed by Melanie Jacobson was the perfect read!
Summary: Lila Mae Guidry is a Southern girl through and through. As a fourth-generation Latter-day Saint in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she’s proud of her heritage as both a Southerner and a Saint—and she doesn’t take kindly to people who disparage either. Ten years ago, Max Archer was just that kind of jerk. As the mission president’s son, Max spent his entire three years mocking the South . . . and teenage Lila. After Max’s family moved away, Lila forgot about her sworn enemy. Almost. When a new job brings a grown-up Max back to Baton Rouge, Lila is less than thrilled with his reappearance, especially since everyone seems intent on throwing her together with this old adversary. Yet fight as she may, Lila soon realizes resistance is futile—their connection is undeniable. Max embodies everything she wants in a man—except perhaps the most important thing—her life is rooted in the city she loves, but his dreams are bigger than Baton Rouge. With such mismatched visions of the future, Max and Lila are faced with a life-altering decision: jeopardize their aspirations or risk losing love.
My Review: I loved this book, Southern Charmed. I read it in 2 days!! It was a fun quick read that kept me wanting to just finish it…which was nice cuz I was confined to the couch for 3 days being sick. I love the south! I’ve actually never been there, but my grandma was from the south and I loved listening to her talk about it! I can’t wait to go there one day! I also loved Lila Mae character! She is a hard working determined women who wants to make something of her life! She is a dedicated teacher who loves her hometown and is dedicated to being near her mom who’s husband has recently passed away. When a guy, Max Archer, a boy from her past, whom she loved as a child, shows up again 10 years later to work for a big company in town and to actually see Lila Mae. Well spoiler alert…she does, but the choices they have to make as to how the relationship is going to work involves true loves, sacrifice and possibly finding a new dream! You will love this book, I promise!! Enter to win this giveaway, or go straight to Amazon and buy the book!!
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