Experience the sultry Southern atmosphere of Atlanta and the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry in this funny and poignant tale of one audacious womanโs quest to find the love she deserves, from New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank.
Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesleyโs wildly successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in the mothers of their children they promised to love and cherishโโtil death did them partโfor tanned and toned young Barbie brides.
If losing the social life and close friends she adored wasnโt painful enough, a series of setbacks shake Lesโs world and push her to the edge. Sheโs had enough of playing the good wife to a husband who thinks heโs doing her a favor by keeping her around. Sheโs not going to waste another minute on people she doesnโt care to know. Now, sheโs going to take some time for herselfโin the familiar comforts and stunning beauty of Charleston, her beloved hometown. In her brotherโs stately historic home, sheโs going to reclaim the carefree girl who spent lazy summers sharing steamy kisses with her first love on Sullivans Island. Along Charlestonโs live oak- and palmetto-lined cobblestone streets, under the Lowcountryโs dazzling blue sky, Les will indulge herself with icy cocktails, warm laughter, divine temptation and bittersweet memories. Daring to listen to her inner voice, she will realize what she wants . . . and find the life of which sheโs always dreamed.
Told in the alternating voices of Les and Wes, The Last Original Wife is classic Dorothea Benton Frank: an intoxicating tale of family, friendship, self-discovery, and love, that is as salty as a Lowcountry breeze and as invigorating as a dip in Carolina waters on a sizzling summer day.
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