You Were Mine

Rosemary Beach Series- Book 9

By Abbi Glines

Synopsis

Gossip is the ultimate currency in Rosemary Beach, but Bethy and Tripp have managed to keep one big secret to themselves.

Eight years ago, Tripp Newark was dating a rich girl he didn’t like and was on his way to Yale—and a future he didn’t want. The only way he could escape his predictable life would be to give up the money and power that came with his family’s name. And that’s exactly what he planned to do. At the end of the summer, he was going to ride off on his Harley and never look back.

That was before he met Beth Lowry.

It was only supposed to be a summer fling. She was a sixteen-year-old trailer-park girl who served drinks to his friends at Kerrington Country Club. They didn’t run in the same social circles. No one even knew they were friends, let alone lovers. Yet, for one summer, Bethy became his entire world.

But he couldn’t give up on his plan. He needed to leave Rosemary Beach, but he vowed he would come back for her.

Problem was, by the time he came back—years later than promised—it was too late. His cousin, Jace, had already claimed the woman he loved. . . .

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Michel’s Review

Fans of the Rosemary Beach series have been biting at the bits for If You Were Mine to release.  It was well worth the wait and I know readers are going to be thrilled with this book.

From the very beginning of the Rosemary Beach series, Bethy Lowry has been a very prominent character throughout the series.  She is the happy go lucky, party girl, that works at the Kerrington Country Club. She has befriended the staff members, become a part of the elite crowd, and proved her loyalty to all those she loves.  Her outgoing personality has captivated the readers.    We have watched her go from a wild girl to a mature young woman madly in love with one of the golden members, Jace Newark.  Her relationship with Jace went from carefree hookups to a serious committed relationship.  They were very happy until Tripp Newark, Jace’s cousin came back to Rosemary Beach.  Bethy’s behavior begins to spiral out of control.  She is reverting back to her irresponsible ways and her drinking is out of control.  When tragedy strikes and Jace loses his life trying to save Bethy’s life it sends her into a very dark place.  She has lost the love of her life and feels responsible.  She feels like she betrayed Jace and her friends.  She has withdrawn from life and seperated herself from her friends.  She doesn’t feel like she deserves their friendship.  She doesn’t feel she deserves love or redemption from her mistakes.  She is haunted by the past and has condemned herself to being it’s prisoner.  What caused  her behavior to spiral out of control?  What secrets was she hiding.  Only Tripp Newark knows.  Now he is back in Rosemary Beach and determined to make Bethy whole once again.

Tripp Newark was a golden son of the Rosemary Beach elite.  He had the perfect future planned out by his family.  His wealth, prestigous family, education, and social standings guaranteed he would live the golden life.  But those were not his dreams, they were expectations that he could not live up to.  Eight years ago he had to choose between his family and his dreams for the future.  The one thing he didn’t count on was meeting a girl that would capture his heart completely.  When he made his decision to leave Rosemary Beach behind, he had to leave the love of his life.  The damage and scars he left behind are beyond repair.

Tripp returned to Rosemary Beach to find the one woman he has always loved is engaged to his cousin.  To make matters worse his cousin loses his life trying to save that girl.  Tripp wants Bethy to heal and come back to the world of living.  It doesn’t matter that she no longer loves him.  He just wants her to be a whole person again.

As Tripp and Bethy’s past is revealed and a hidden secrets are unraveled, they will both be shattered.  They will also find their way back to one another.  They will find that love never really dies. Love comes in many different forms.  They will find there is room in their hearts for love once again.

This time around Tripp is going to do everything right.  This time around Bethy is going to forgive herself and learn her self worth.  This time around they are going to do things the right way.  This time around is forever.

The Rosemary Beach series has been building up to this moment, this couple, and their secrets.  The big revelation at the end of the previous books left readers dying to know the whole story.  This book was emotional and grabbed my heart in so many ways.  It was the perfect story for these two charismatic characters.

The readers will get more of all the beloved characters from this series. They will see our favorite little ones growing into charming little people.  They will see the Rock God Grandpa wrapped around a toddlers finger and loving every moment.  They will see Grant flourish with fatherhood.  They will get to know Thad a little better.  Best of all, they will get to witness the wedding vows between Della and Woods.  The one thing that was glorious in all this was that “Nasty Nan” was completely absent from this book.  We didn’t have to deal her rotten attitude.  We got to see all our beloved characters from Rosemary Beach have a wonderful time without her spoiling the moment.

I absolutely love the Rosemary Beach series.  I cannot wait for the next book.  I think Abbi Glines has some great surprises for fans of this series.

I highly recommend If You Were Mine.  If you have not read the Rosemary Beach series, don’t put it off.  It is a guaranteed fantastic reading experience.

Author Bio:

Since publishing her first novel Breathe in May of 2011, Abbi has also released The New York Times bestselling Seabreeze Series which includes Breathe, Because of Low, While It Lasts, Just For Now and Sometimes It Last, The Existence Trilogy that includes the USA Today Bestseller Ceaseless. New York Times and USA TODAY bestsellers The Vincent Boys and The Vincent Brothers. Last but not least her most popular series to date, Rosemary Beach which includes The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers Fallen Too Far, Never Too Far, Forever Too Far, Twisted Perfection and Simple Perfection. Her newest book scheduled to be released on December 17th, 2013 is Misbehaving (Seabreeze).

When Abbi isn’t locked away in her office typing away she is hauling her kids to and from their many social activities. You could say her second job is the Glines Kids personal chauffeur. It’s a rather illustrious job.

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