In fact, the LAST Mystic Bayou story. Noooooo! Say it isn't so!
Mystic Bayou is a guilty pleasure. So much fun, mixed with fantasy and mystery and a touch of danger and humor. Kind of snarky in places, too.
The book details page on this audiobook says "magnificent series finale," so it must be true -- magnificent as well as ... finale. *sigh*
Eva appeared in Jon and Leah's story, and Alex showed up when Cordelia came to town, so readers/listeners have known about them for a little while. Now, they both get center stage.
He's Mister GQ, fashion plate, bureaucrat, and she's kind of a Cajun-style Wonder Woman. She literally can and does pick him up and has to be careful not to break him when passion takes over. But they have a lot in common, despite appearances. Both of them have pasts they carry scars and regrets over. Both have to work things out with their parents. Both have to forgive. Both can't believe that the one they've been secretly sighing over wants them. Sounds like a match made in heaven, right?
Well, yeah, except Eva's family problems come near to killing Alex. And there's this cursed sapphire threatening to mess them up at some point. And Alex doesn't really fit in with the "gang" that has built up in the previous stories ... but he'll learn for Eva's sake.
*sigh* Fun story, but with a bitter sweet aftertaste, knowing it's the last one .... well, until I get enough books cleared out of my to-be-listened-to queue that I can justify pulling out the first story and start listening all over again. So much fun. Thanks, Molly, for the fun ride!
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