Review: review of purgatory
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2012
Another fabulously amusing modern love story written by Ms. Le Veque after reading the modern romance "Fires of Autumn."  I couldn't resist getting and enjoying this one too.The heroine Elliot "Ellie" Jentry moves from California to Louisiana with her son and daughter who is attending college there.  Ellie wanted to be close to her daughter and start anew after losing her husband a police officer who was killed in the line of duty.  Ellie meets the hero Nash Aury the town sheriff and the old owner of the house immediately after buying the place before called Sophie but known to the locals and everyone else as purgatory.  Nash and Ellie are instantly drawn to each other.  With his help they restore the old house to its original splendor but not without burdensome problems: meddling neighbors who just want to at first meet Ellie but then want to hurt her and her son, enigmatic ghosts that visit, problems with the home, family issues with not only her son and daughter but Nash's family as well.  Ellie and Nash marry due to Ellie becoming pregnant with Nash's baby. They end up seeing all these problems through creating a happy loving home for her kids, Nash's kids and the kids they end up having together.The story and the amount of research into some old Louisiana history and pirates was not only fun to read but very appealing! Ms. Le Veque definitely knows how to tell a wonderful adventure!  I am just amazed how she blends not only the history of Louisiana and pirates into the current time. The tale kept me entertained until the end.  I definitely can't wait to read her other books in the american heros series and hope they are as good as fires of autum and this book.