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Experience the sultry Southern atmosphere of Atlanta and the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry in this funny and poignant tale of one audacious woman´s quest to find the love she deserves, from New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank.

Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley´s wildly successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in the mothers of their children they promised to love and cherish-´til death did them part-for tanned and toned young Barbie brides.

If losing the social life and close friends she adored wasn´t painful enough, a series of setbacks shake Les´s world and push her to the edge. She´s had enough of playing the good wife to a husband who thinks he´s doing her a favor by keeping her around. She´s not going to waste another minute on people she doesn´t care to know. Now, she´s going to take some time for herself-in the familiar comforts and stunning beauty of Charleston, her beloved hometown. In her brother´s stately historic home, she´s going to reclaim the carefree girl who spent lazy summers sharing steamy kisses with her first love on Sullivans Island. Along Charleston´s live oak- and palmetto-lined cobblestone streets, under the Lowcountry´s dazzling blue sky, Les will indulge herself with icy cocktails, warm laughter, divine temptation and bittersweet memories. Daring to listen to her inner voice, she will realize what she wants . . . and find the life of which she´s always dreamed.

Told in the alternating voices of Les and Wes, The Last Original Wife is classic Dorothea Benton Frank: an intoxicating tale of family, friendship, self-discovery, and love, that is as salty as a Lowcountry breeze and as invigorating as a dip in Carolina waters on a sizzling summer day.

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