Just the Way You Are
A baby brought them together -- and even though Alli has always loved her strong, sexy husband Sam and the life they've made together, she's now decided to set him free to follow his youthful dreams. For although she worships Sam, it's no longer enough for her to be wife and lover when she knows...
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A baby brought them together -- and even though Alli has always loved her strong, sexy husband Sam and the life they've made together, she's now decided to set him free to follow his youthful dreams. For although she worships Sam, it's no longer enough for her to be wife and lover when she knows she holds so little of his heart.Sam has always dreamed of a life away from the close-knit world of Tucker's Landing, but marriage and fatherhood ended all that. Now Sam is torn between what was and what was meant to be. He must decide if it's time to rekindle the dreams of the past...or accept Alli, and her love, just the way she is.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780380815524 (0380815524)
ASIN: 0380815524
Publish date: 2000-11-07
Publisher: Avon
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Really short review, today. I picked up "Just the Way You Are" free on Amazon (as of right now, it still is) and was sucked into the emotional drama of the story. Amazing. A wonderful story of family, love and hanging on through the confusion of life.
Just The Way You Are by Barbara FreethyI love that this tale binds them together with pearls. They are my most favorite gem of all.Tessa and Ali had come to the Oregon coast to live with their grandmother Phoebe when their parents had died. Alli ended up pregnant and Sam married her but he really wa...
Freethy walks a fine line here between making her characters humanly fallible and making them too dislikable. Although I enjoyed the book overall, I sometimes felt they wound up on the wrong side of the line.This is the story of Alli, who's recently asked her husband of nine years for a divorce, Sam...
I read this book because it was a choice from my weekly Kindle Shelf feature. I have not read anything by this author before, but I thoroughly enjoyed the book. If I could give the book a new title, I would call it My True Love.This book kept the pace and was a quick read. Definitely a book you coul...
I initially picked up this book because the premise seemed to promise a lot of drama. The main character Allie was by far the best character in the book. She is the younger of two sisters. Her older sister Tessa is (in Allie's eyes) perfect. She's tall, thin and gorgeous. She is also the first l...