Town doctor Jude Southerland is known for two things: saving lives and ducking marriage. So when he almost runs Autumn down in the middle of Main Street and ends up sipping sweet tea with the prodigal daughter a few weeks later, the good townsfolk take notice. As far as Jude’s concerned, the last woman anyone would pair him with is the only one he wants. No one knew what it cost her to come … knew what it cost her to come home.
With her career going down in flames and a family history that reads like a bad tabloid, Autumn Maddox can’t afford any more PR disasters if she wants to hold her head up in her old home town. So she’s going to do the impossible—smile brightly at every insincerely murmured “bless your heart,” ignore every not-so-subtle dig, and pretend the town’s sexiest bachelor is a eunuch. Well… two out of three isn’t bad, right?
As far as Autumn and the town are concerned, this means war.
Jude’s determined to be her knight in shining armor, but Autumn gave up on happily ever afters, small southern towns, and herself a long time ago. What’s it going to take to convince the Ladies’ Auxiliary, the Rotary Club and the woman of his dreams that their love is meant to be?
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Evelyn Adams invites you to fall in love with the Southerlands. Love is just a click away. more
Much too much graphic sex for me.
Wonderful romantic! Could not read fast en[ugh. It keeped me engaged.
easy beach reading, a little but too predictab;e
I tried several times to read this book but it would not hold my interest for even a page.
This book was great. It made me look for other Bloks written nu Evelyn Adams
Great read!
This was a sweet read and I loved The Good Doctor, Abby Max and the Southerland Family. However, Autumn was insufferable. Although she had her good qualities, she sold herself short while convincing herself of her strength the whole time. This in turn, made her a whiney pushover that I couldn’t stand. I love that she took care of her Sister and niece, but her other siblings should have been reported to the police for theft not allowed to ransack her home. And to top it off, Andrew was a backstabbing jealous twit who should have been put in his place long before the first hello. With that said, it was an okay read in the end. I wish the female lead was not so unlikable.
Some of the scenes were a little repetitive and I found some of the descriptions to be a little silly, but overall the story was pretty good.
Great Read
Loved the series, ended up buying the rest of the books in the series. Loved the characters.
Enjoyed reading this one…..
Very good read!
What was turning out to be a good book fell flat at the end. The romance was good. The hero was awesome, the setting was so-so. What kill this book besides the ending was the heroine. She is the reason the ending suck.
Our dear hero comes from a wealthy Southern family. He is perfect in every golden boy way as the town doctor. When one of his patients past away, he sees the granddaughter at the funeral that the patient always talked about. He’s attracted right away. Jude Southerland almost runs over Autumn Maddox the next morning. After that he can’t get her out of his mind.
Autumn Maddox comes from a family with a drunk mother who man hopped, where her oldest brother died in a car wreck with the youngest brother. She feels as if she is no good for Jude because of her family.
Now ladies and gentleman lets go and look at the blurb…
“Autumn would like nothing more that to live happily ever after with Jude.But with every local matron in the valley trying to marry him off to their own daughters, she knows they won’t let her forget that she’s not good enough and never will be.”
Sadly I did not get any of that. The only drama of this sort that happened was when she met his family and his best friend asked a couple questions. The heroine was the one who wouldn’t let the family matter stay in the past. After that the story fell to utter ruin. The end was rushed out and I pretty much skimmed the rest of it. I didn’t even bother reading the full epilogue which set up for book two.
This was a complete bust for me.