Publication Date: November 11, 2014
Publisher: Howard Books
Series: Jane Austen Takes The South # 3
A lively Southern retelling of Jane Austen’s
Persuasion, featuring Lucy Crawford, who is thrown back into the path of her
first love while on a quest to save her beloved family home.
Lucy Crawford is part of a wealthy, well-respected Southern family with a long local history. But since Lucy’s mother passed away, the family home, a gorgeous antebellum mansion, has fallen into disrepair and the depth of her father’s debts is only starting to be understood. Selling the family home may be the only option—until her Aunt Olympia floats the idea of using Crawford house to hold the local free medical clinic, which has just lost its space. As if turning the plantation home into a clinic isn’t bad enough, Lucy is shocked and dismayed to see that the doctor who will be manning the clinic is none other than Jeremiah Chevy—her first love.
Lucy and Jeremiah were high school sweethearts, but Jeremiah was from the wrong side of the tracks. His family was redneck and proud, and Lucy was persuaded to dump him. He eventually left town on a scholarship, and now, ten years later, he’s returned as part of the rural physician program. And suddenly, their paths cross once again. While Lucy’s family still sees Jeremiah as trash, she sees something else in him—as do several of the other eligible ladies in town. Will he be able to forgive the past? Can she be persuaded to give love a chance this time around?
Lucy Crawford is part of a wealthy, well-respected Southern family with a long local history. But since Lucy’s mother passed away, the family home, a gorgeous antebellum mansion, has fallen into disrepair and the depth of her father’s debts is only starting to be understood. Selling the family home may be the only option—until her Aunt Olympia floats the idea of using Crawford house to hold the local free medical clinic, which has just lost its space. As if turning the plantation home into a clinic isn’t bad enough, Lucy is shocked and dismayed to see that the doctor who will be manning the clinic is none other than Jeremiah Chevy—her first love.
Lucy and Jeremiah were high school sweethearts, but Jeremiah was from the wrong side of the tracks. His family was redneck and proud, and Lucy was persuaded to dump him. He eventually left town on a scholarship, and now, ten years later, he’s returned as part of the rural physician program. And suddenly, their paths cross once again. While Lucy’s family still sees Jeremiah as trash, she sees something else in him—as do several of the other eligible ladies in town. Will he be able to forgive the past? Can she be persuaded to give love a chance this time around?
He was like air to her then, and she couldn’t live
without him.
“I would hope the future of the South is about
more than relivin’ old battles and knowing which cannon they used.”
“Anyway, even if I weren’t having a wedding, it
would be my solemn duty to make sure you were versed in all things Jane.”
He’d only needed one summer to fall in love with Lucy,
but it had taken ten years to get over her. And darned if he was going to let
it all happen again.
I have read many Jane Austen retellings in my time
as a book blogger, but this is the first retelling I have read of Jane’s Persuasion. This story is written so
beautifully and with such attention to detail, that it does not matter if you
are fan of Jane Austen, it doesn’t even matter if you have ever read a Jane
Austen novel, there is still something in this book that everyone can love and
appreciate. These books are clean and would be appropriate for young adults as
well. I cannot promise that you will not become frustrated with our main
characters, because you most likely well, but it is completely worth watching
them work on the kinks in their own lives together. Grab this series if you are
looking for something cozy to snuggle up with this Thanksgiving!
***A free copy of this book was provided to me by
the publishers at Howard Books in exchange for my honest review***
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