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A review by the_discworldian
Forbidden Promises by Synithia Williams
4.0
Sometimes an author writes a foreword, or an afterword, where you have the sense they thought they were writing a different book than you read. This is NOT one of those times. Right at the front of the book, Synithia Williams talks about soap operas and how this is her very own. She set out to write a soap, and she managed.
I mean, what's not to love? A wealthy family (running a tobacco company...ouch) with a ruthless patriarch who demands everything for the family, a playboy-with-a-heart-of-gold son now cleaning up his act and running for senate, the ambitious ice queen daughter, and then the youngest daughter, India, who's just come home and seems like the most normal one but now has to face the man she's always loved - her sister's ex-husband. And that's just the beginning!
All things considered, Travis and India both seem quite grounded, surrounded by outsized personalities and family drama (Travis has oodles of his own, thanks) as they are. They're both fundamentally good people who genuinely like and respect each other as well as having the mandatory sizzling chemistry. The other characters are all intriguing and make me think Synithia Williams could get a 7 or 8-book series out of this town if she wants to. And I hope she wants to!
I mean, what's not to love? A wealthy family (running a tobacco company...ouch) with a ruthless patriarch who demands everything for the family, a playboy-with-a-heart-of-gold son now cleaning up his act and running for senate, the ambitious ice queen daughter, and then the youngest daughter, India, who's just come home and seems like the most normal one but now has to face the man she's always loved - her sister's ex-husband. And that's just the beginning!
All things considered, Travis and India both seem quite grounded, surrounded by outsized personalities and family drama (Travis has oodles of his own, thanks) as they are. They're both fundamentally good people who genuinely like and respect each other as well as having the mandatory sizzling chemistry. The other characters are all intriguing and make me think Synithia Williams could get a 7 or 8-book series out of this town if she wants to. And I hope she wants to!