Ages 14 up.True love and destiny collide in the conclusion to the Haven trilogy, which Booklist called “a blend of the Gemma Doyle trilogy, the Twilight saga, and Lois Duncan’s thrillers.” Forced to endure the violent punishment of the Tribunal for murders he has no recollection of committing, Aidan is slowly rotting away in a Paris dungeon. While the brewing tempests (both literal and figural) are somewhat overblown, Cook's (the Haven series) central characters provide enough constancy to keep the storyline grounded. When Jemma's sister has to have a brain tumor removed and a tropical storm descends on Magnolia Branch, the two teenagers must weather the storm together, and few readers will be surprised by what happens next. Instead, Jemma is attempting to shrug off her dutiful nature, dating a rebellious classmate and applying to film school at NYU, instead of Ole Miss. Despite Jemma's attraction to Ryder, a star student and football player, she has been hot-tempered with him even years after he stood her up and insulted her behind her back in eighth grade. Since Jemma and Ryder were kids (they're now 17) their parents have been planning their marriage, and Jemma finds it suffocating. Jemma Cafferty and Ryder Marsden are destined to be together at least according to their families in Magnolia Branch, Miss., which have been intertwined for generations.
And the line between love and hate just might be thin enough to cross… And their communication is not exactly effective: even a casual hello turns into a yelling match.īut when a violent Mississippi storm ravages through Magnolia Branch, it unearths feelings Jemma and Ryder didn’t know they had. Jemma can’t stand Ryder’s nauseating golden-boy persona, and Ryder would prefer it if stubborn-headed Jemma didn’t exist. They’re only seventeen-oh, and also? They hate each other. So when the families finally have a baby boy and girl at the same time, the perfect opportunity seems to have arrived.Įxcept Jemma Cafferty and Ryder Marsden have no intention of giving in to their parents’ wishes. Neighbors since the Civil War, the families have shared vacations, holidays, backyard barbecues, and the overwhelming desire to unite their two clans by marriage. In Magnolia Branch, Mississippi, The Cafferty and Marsden families are practically royalty.
Jenna and Ryder are far from friends-until a storm stirs up their passion in this contemporary southern romance from New York Times bestselling author Kristi Cook.
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