Mississippi Smoke #8
Luther & Lace
Abbi Glines books are so addictive and I am having a great time with this Southern Mafia series. The stories are enthralling, there’s passion, love, humor, sex, and some gritty Mafia stuff just to make it more spicy and dark. However, this book was more of a love story, how a man who was completely against marriage and being tied to only one woman, falls hard for a woman who sees him as a hero.
This story stars Luther, one of the old guys in the group, Linc’s and Garret’s contemporary, and a grandfather. But that doesn’t take away his sex appeal, and it’s amply shown by how fast Lace gets stuck on him, despite the age gap.
After being badly beaten and dumped behind a dumpster, Luther and Locke rescue her, take her to Luther’s and Linc’s mansion, and have the doctor they have on call attend to her. She spends days in the hospital room they have in the basement, Luther accompanies her every morning, reading to her while drinking his morning coffee. And getting roasted by the guys for it!
I loved how they connected, Lace sees Luther as her savior, and Luther feels a strange compulsion to protect her. In spite of the strange circumstances, there’s trust on both parts, and Luther starts to like her, to like being with her and have conversations. She feels safe with Luther, and in spite of having amnesia from her trauma, she knows this is the first time she gets affection from someone, after her mother died. Once she recovers her memory, she remembers that she only had abuse from her father and he used her for his purposes.
There’s some action, but there’s more love and sex and feelings, and I enjoyed it hugely. I was indifferent to Luther before in the series, but now I think he’s a wonderful person and just right to bring Lace to life. The story has a huge plot twist midway through and it completely blows everything we thought was going to happen. Kudos to the author for making it so fantastic! There’s some angst and some scenes that made me want to cry. So you could say that this book has everything and is a whole experience.
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About the author
Abbi Glines is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rosemary Beach, Sea Breeze, Vincent Boys, Field Party, and Existence series. She never cooks unless baking during the Christmas holiday counts. She believes in ghosts and has a habit of asking people if their house is haunted before she goes in it. She finally moved to New England into a home that is 200 + years old with it's own ghosts. She drinks afternoon tea because she wants to be British but alas she being born in Alabama, her life in New England is as close as she will get. When asked how many books she has written she has to stop and count on her fingers. When she’s not locked away writing, she is reading, and/or watching Netflix like the introvert that she is.
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