Again Alabama

by Susan Sands

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Welcome to Again Alabama, Susan Sands’s delightful debut novel about second chances.

Cammie Laroux is back in Alabama—again.

Dragged back to her small town to help her mother recover from surgery while rescuing the family event planning business should be a cinch. Even for a disgraced television chef, right? Wrong.

Among the many secrets Cammie’s family’s been hiding is the fact that their historic home is falling down. Oh, and the man hired to restore the house, Grey Harrison, is the same high school and college love of her life who thrashed her heart and dreams ten years ago. Yeah, that guy.

Grey, a widower with a young daughter, has never stopped loving Cammie, and when they are face to face once again, the chemistry is off the charts. Cammie may be in full-blown denial, but letting go is no longer in Grey’s vocabulary, even when winning Cammie’s forgiveness and renovating their love may seem like an impossible build even for a master architect and carpenter.

As Cammie finds herself forgetting all the reasons she can’t trust Grey or love again, he finds himself remembering all the reasons he wants her to stay with him in Alabama… forever.”

“Funny how things change from most important to least important in the blink of an eye, depending on perspective.”

Welcome to Ministry, or we should call it Misery… again.

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Again Alabama is a story about second chances, and here in Alabama, family bonds surely help to find the right path toward these so deserved new opportunities.

After coming back in town, Cammie can reconsider all of her priorities and dreams, but overall she can finally understand the real reasons behind Grey’s behavior. The plot highlights the importance of the family bonds, and love comes in all shapes and sizes. Moreover, some secrets lead to some quite unpredictable turn of the events for the entire family. In fact, even if the main characters are Cammie and Grey, also  Cammie’s mother, Maureen, can finally enjoy her second chance and live with her first love, Howard, their happily ever after.

Again, Alabama is a funny and interesting story, and even if the ending is quite predictable, you can really enjoy every page of this adorable reading. The writing style flows smoothly and the book is a quick easy reading. Considering this is also Susan Sands’ debut novel, I’ve found it really well-written and the characters are well developed. Moreover, I appreciate the author’s choice of developing a parallel love story, that surely makes the narration more entertaining but does not distract the reader from the main characters’ story. Now I’m curious to discover the next books of this series.

This book deserves four out of five stars.