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Title: The South is known for its engaging romances. This is one.
Review: The story of Joe and Maria is both charming and engaging. There are elements of the classic drama of gothic southerners, the powerplays and gossip of a small town, and the romance that blossoms despite itself. Elyssa Henry shows that love is part of the circle of life, and that everyone is subject to its law. The seeming coincidences that everyone notices when first in love are highlighted in this book, life-like in how people are drawn together by forces that could split them apart. I enjoyed the author's attention to detail, and vivid descriptions of the setting. No one could doubt that the story takes place in the South, and the tense confrontations between the traditional Old South and the "yankee-fied" New South are especially accurate. A thoroughly enjoyable read.
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