Saltwater Sweethearts

Seldom Saccharine Sweet. This is the book in this trilogy about (in part) three brothers from a small Southern town where this eldest of three brothers from a small (ish) Southern town really started identifying with these boys. Particularly since I left my own hometown 15 years ago this summer and only rarely go back, almost always to spend time with my family there. Which is what Cole is doing here - coming back to town for his sister's wedding. And Cole's mom? Much moreso than in Book 1 (Palmetto Passion), here she sounds so much like my own mother I could actually hear my mother's voice when she was speaking. Granted, my family doesn't have any towns named after us, but there is a (small) lake north of Atlanta that bears my mom's family's name (and the road the lake is on to boot :D)

All of which to say, this book really felt like home in ways that few books have ever quite evoked. And yes, I know, people from other areas of the country/ world won't get quite the same effect (even though the location of this book is a few hundred miles away from my own home region, to be clear :D), but even then - it does provide a pretty solid view of what family life is like for at least some in the region. :)

Benjamin always does solid work creating mostly quick-read romances (and this one clocks in at just 180 ish pages) with heart, and this one is no different. And at this point, I'm really looking forward to Book 3, since at this point we know so very little about that particular brother. Oh, and if you liked the movie Sweet Home Alabama with Reese Witherspoon... well, this reader found this book to have at least some strong similarities with that tale. Which is a very good thing for this reader, since he very much enjoys that movie. :) With this noted, this book is very much recommended.