Virginia Embrace (Magnolia Road)

Rating:
Summary: I have seen another person rate this a 5.......but not me!
Review: This is a story of beautiful swan's watch, a family held plantation for 200 years. The children left to continue this heritage are Travis, lacy and mariette. Travis alternately loves the place and hates it. The only certainty is that he beds a slave (who he doesn't want to love) b.
Mariette, the youngest, is selfish, manipulative who I am happy to say eventually gets what she deserves. Lacy is our scarlett o'hara. She loves the land and is devoted to it and the people on it. A likeable, love character. Enter Travis, a man from the east, who is hard not to love. A strong, tender character. They fall in love but amid the many problems threatening the existence of the plantation, lacy has to choose between travis and swans watch...........and he loses. Eventually Travis returns to SW which he comes to love and they are happily together. Travis runs north to marry and live with his slave which in pre-civil war south was unheard of. Thisis pretty much a one night read. I can't rightly explain why I disliked it so much.....or why, waiting for it to get better, I even finished the book. As I said someone gave it a good review on another web site so it's 50-50 that you'll like it. Thisis my first book by this author so I don't have any further insight.