Up In Flames

Rosemary Beach Series – Book 13

By Abbi Glines

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Synopsis:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines returns to Rosemary Beach one last time in this highly-anticipated finale.

Spoiled. Selfish. Rich girl. Villain. Slut.

As the Prada-clad bad girl of Rosemary Beach, Nan Dillon has been called every vile name under the hot summer sun. Some of her reputation is deserved—she’s never had to worry about anything but maintaining her perfect figure and splitting Daddy’s private jet with her brother, Rush.

But Nan is far from happy. Rush has another kid on the way and doesn’t have time to catch up with his sister. Grant, the last guy she truly cared about, chose to be with her half-sister, Harlow, instead of her. And Harlow, who has never gotten over the way Nan treated her when she first moved to town, remains distant.

So when Major asks her out, she jumps at the chance to date the gorgeous charmer. Though she doesn’t know much about the sweet-talking Texan, and though it’s clear he doesn’t want to be exclusive, dating him beats hanging out with vapid socialites or watching Netflix alone at home.

For a while, Nan deals with Major’s playboy ways, but after he burns her one too many times, she takes off for an impromptu wild weekend in Vegas. There, she meets Gannon, a darkly seductive and oh-so-dangerous businessman who knows exactly how to handle her.

With Major asking for a second chance and Gannon haunting her dreams, Nan has to decide who to give her heart to. But what she doesn’t realize is that these players are involved in a much bigger game—and they’re already two moves ahead of her.

Michel’s Review

Am I still a NAN HATER…

The Rosemary Beach Series by Abbi Glines has been one of my favorite series since the first book released in January 2014.  I have devoured each book in this series.  I have stood in long lines at author events to get my paperback copies signed.  Each of the couples and the crew from Rosemary Beach have captivated me… except for Nan.  She is the J.R. Ewing or Alexis Carrington of Rosemary Beach.  She has been the consistent villian throughout the series.  There is nothing likable about her character at all.  So why would readers want her to have a book of her own?  I would say because they are just waiting for the train to hit Nan head on.

When a writer creates a character like Nan, it’s almost impossible to convince the readers that she deserves a happily ever after.  Towards the later part of the series Nan’s character starts to evolve.  Readers are beginning to see the multiple layers that make Nan the person she is.  Is it possible for Nan to change the core person she is?  That’s where the author has her greatest challenge.  First of all to change her into a good lovable being would be more or less slapping the readers in the face saying they are gullible and clueless.  It would make everything readers conceived into a lie.  Thank goodness Abbi Glines had the insight not to insult her readers but at the same time have the balls to give Nan a story that readers could embrace.

Nan didn’t change, she evolved into something tolerable.  Readers got an in depth look at what made Nan tick.  They got a first hand look into her insecurities, hateful reactions, and selfish choices.  They also got to see her real issues and where they began.  The girl was basically abandoned the moment she came into the world.  The ones that were supposed to love and protect her blatantly ignored her existence and used money as a way to cover up their abandonment.  The only person that really ever loved Nan was her brother Rush.  It’s no wonder she desperately tried to control and hang onto him.  He was the only good thing in her life she ever had.  Her bitterness and resentments were a coat of armor that she would never be able to shed because the little girl buried deep inside must never surface.  She became strong because of that armor.  She survived the only way she knew how.  After many years of bitterness and hate, she’s growing weary.  The people in her world are changing for the better, moving on with their lives and she is stuck in the hateful world she created.  She wants what they have but is clueless how to obtain it.  Each time she thinks she’s close to obtaining it’s always disappointment that follows.

Nan and Major have had a thing going on but it’s not really a relationship.  They have formed an odd friendship.  Each time Nan thinks that Major is coming around he only ends up disappointing her.  He discards her like everyone else in her life has.  When she’s finally had enough, she does what she does best…moves on to the next mindless party.  Heading to Vegas to lick her wounds leads her to the next chapter in her life.  She meets a mysterious, sexy, dangerous man.  He has a way of making her feel like she is the only woman in the world.  He can control her outbursts, appreciate her worldliness, and make her body sing.  He also has secrets that could destroy her and when he does, her life in Rosemary Beach doesn’t look so bad.  Too bad her heart doesn’t know it.

By this time Major has realized the errs of his ways.  He regrets his mistakes with Nan and wants another chance to prove himself to her.  He will get his chance but it won’t be the ending he was expecting.

The rest of the story will take the reader by surprise!  Rosemary Beach is ending Up In Flames.

Am I still a NAN HATER? I still don’t like her but I do understand her and don’t begrudge her a happily ever after.

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Abbi Glines is the New York Times, USA TODAY, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Rosemary Beach, Field Party, Sea Breeze, Vincent Boys, and Existence series. A devoted book lover, Abbi lives with her family in Alabama. She maintains a Twitter addiction at @AbbiGlines and can also be found at Facebook.com/AbbiGlinesAuthor and AbbiGlines.com.

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