One Summer Evening - Softcover

Baxter, Mary Lynn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551665239 ISBN 13: 9781551665238

Publisher: Mira, 1999

Synopsis

Fleeing an abusive marriage, Cassie Wortham returns to Louisiana to build a new life for herself and her young son, but when her violent ex-husband is paroled from prison and follows her home, Cassie must turn for help to her former love, Austin McGuire, the man who had fathered her son nine years before. Original.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Cassie Wortham, the heroine of Baxter's (Slow Talkin' Texan) latest romantic suspense novel, spends her 18th birthday on her family's Louisiana estate, seducing her father's best friend, the tall, dark and twice-her-age Austin McGuire. Their brief tryst results in pregnancy, and Cassie marries her sinister high school sweetheart, Lester, to legitimize the baby. Nine years later, after a divorceALester is safely in jail on a weapons chargeAshe brings her son home to make peace with her family. Instead of a serene reunion, she finds her mother dying, the family business in trouble and Austin McGuire very much part of her life. When Lester is unexpectedly paroled and abducts her son, Austin comes to the rescue. Before the story ends, Cassie and her lover finally confront the secrets of their past and their undiminished passion. Despite dramatic encounters, neither Cassie nor Austin emerge as consistent characters. The action is fast paced, and the Louisiana settings seductively steamy, but implausible plotting and awkward prose ("their wet, devouring mouths turned to hot adhesiveAsticking together") diminish the story's spell. (Aug.)
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From Library Journal:

Young and impulsive, Cassie Wortham brazenly seduces her father's best friend on the night of her 18th birthday and ends up pregnant, married to the wrong man, and eventually fleeing for her own and her son's safety in this intense, hard-hitting story of abuse and deception. Good dialog, provocative chapter endings that literally force a page turn, and a streamlined writing style keep the plot moving. This romance will appeal to readers who like their romances Southern, steamy, and on the slightly soapy mainstream side. Baxter (Hard Candy, Mira: Harlequin, 1998) is a best-selling writer who lives in Lufkin, TX. AKR
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About this edition

• Publisher: Mira
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1551665239
• ISBN 13: 9781551665238
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 377