Sandra Brown has won over fans and critics throughout the world with more than fifty New York Times bestselling novels. Her early works were hailed by Rendezvous magazine as stories with “larger than life heroes and heroines [who] make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life.” Here is the unforgettable story of a woman who returns to her small hometown in the South—and finds that the sins of her past are right where she left them.
Never. Sunny Chandler always said she’d never go back to the tiny town where she grew up. It was just three years ago that she was at the center of a notorious scandal—and the good folks of Latham Green, Louisiana, made it clear they’d never let her forget it. So Sunny packed up and headed for New Orleans, and now she wouldn’t give up city life for the world. But when she’s invited to her best friend’s wedding, Sunny has no choice but to go home. And with her return come the whispers…the looks…the rumors she tried to escape. It doesn’t take Sunny long to see that Latham Green has nothing new to offer. Except maybe Ty Beaumont.
The moment Ty and Sunny first meet at a party, he can see she’s no ordinary woman. With her dazzling hair, and eyes the color of gold, she’s a flesh-and-blood fantasy—and Ty vows he’ll have her in his bed before the week is out. Yet even when he turns on his southern charm, Sunny makes it clear she’s not interested. Sure, a night with Ty would be wilder than BourbonStreet at Mardi Gras. But Sunny’s not in town to become some good ol’ boy’s latest conquest, no matter how sexy he is. Little does she know that Ty isn’t used to taking no for an answer—and he isn’t about to start now.
Soon what began as an innocent flirtation becomes a tantalizingly slow, skillfully deliberate, and overwhelmingly seductive pursuit that even Sunny finds hard to resist. But resist him she will. For Sunny is harboring an agonizing secret—the painful truth of why she left Latham Green the way she did. What she really needs now is a friend—and that’s when she discovers there may be more to Ty Beaumont than meets the eye. Despite his roguish facade, Sunny comes to see he has a heart of gold. Still, she doesn’t know if she can trust another person with her secret heartbreak—not even the one man who may be able to heal it.
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老实说,我一开始对这本书的期望值并不高,封面设计得有点平庸,标题也比较直白,但当我真正沉浸其中后,才发现自己完全被作者构建的那个世界观给“吸”进去了。这不仅仅是一个简单的故事,它更像是一部关于“失去”与“重建”的视觉盛宴。作者运用了大量的象征手法,比如反复出现的渡鸦、那座荒废已久的灯塔,这些元素不仅仅是背景装饰,它们本身就承载着巨大的情感重量。我尤其欣赏作者在塑造配角上的用心,即便是戏份不多的角色,比如那个沉默寡言的铁匠,他的每一个动作、每一个眼神都透露出这个小镇沉重的历史。读到一半的时候,我甚至开始在脑海中为这些人物设计不同的命运走向,这说明作者已经成功地将他们的命运与我的情感连接起来了。这本书的叙事声音非常独特,有一种疏离的旁观者视角,却又在关键时刻透露出深切的同情,这种矛盾感把握得恰到好处。
评分从文学手法上来说,这本书绝对是近年来我读到的大师级的作品之一。它避开了所有老套的叙事陷阱,没有生硬的转折,没有为了戏剧性而牺牲逻辑的强行反转。相反,作者选择了一种近乎“宿命论”的缓慢揭示过程。这种风格让人想起一些经典作家的作品,那种对人性幽暗角落的毫不留情的审视。书中关于小镇上那些陈旧的规矩和人际关系的描写,真实得让人不寒而栗,仿佛能听到那些私下的低语和背后投来的冰冷目光。而且,作者对“地方感”的塑造登峰造极,这个小镇仿佛拥有了自己的生命和呼吸,它塑造了角色,也吞噬了他们。每一次角色试图逃离,都会被这个地方的某种无形的力量重新拉回来,这种压抑感层层叠加,让人喘不过气来,但又忍不住想知道他们最终能否挣脱。
评分这本书的结构精妙得像一个瑞士钟表,每一个齿轮——每一个章节、每一个场景——都紧密咬合,驱动着故事向前发展,而你直到最后一刻才明白它们是如何协同工作的。让我印象最深的是作者对“记忆”这个主题的处理。书中有一段长达十页的内心独白,完全没有外部动作,仅仅是主角在翻阅一本旧相册时的碎片式回忆,但那段文字的密度和情感张力,胜过许多动作场面。作者用极其克制的语言,描绘了巨大的悲伤和无法释怀的愧疚。我甚至能感受到那种因为试图抓住无法挽留之物而产生的指尖颤抖。这本书的阅读体验是需要“投入”的,如果你只是想轻松翻阅,可能会错过很多隐藏的线索和微妙的情感变化。它要求读者慢下来,去品味那些被作者精心放置在文字间的“空隙”,那些未言明的留白才是力量所在。
评分这本书的开篇就抓住了我,那种叙事节奏简直是教科书级别的。作者对环境的描摹细腻得令人发指,仿佛我能闻到那种潮湿泥土和老旧木材混合在一起的气味。故事的主角,那个叫什么来着……哦,对了,那个在小镇上徘徊的年轻人,他的内心挣扎被刻画得入木三分。你完全能理解他为什么会做出那些看似冲动实则充满宿命感的决定。特别是他与镇上那个神秘老人的几次对话,充满了哲学思辨的张力,每一次交锋都像是在揭开一层厚厚的迷雾,虽然最后并没有给出明确的答案,但那种意犹未尽的感觉才是高明之处。情节推进不算快,但每翻过一页,你都能感觉到一股暗流在涌动,预示着更大的风暴即将来临。这本书的对话也是一大亮点,自然流畅,完全符合人物的身份背景,没有丝毫的矫揉造作。我特别喜欢作者处理时间线的方式,那种在过去与现在之间游走的叙事技巧,让整个故事的维度一下子被拓宽了。我一口气读完了前三分之一,不得不停下来,消化一下那种扑面而来的情绪冲击。
评分这本书最让我震撼的地方在于它对“沉默”的处理。很多重要的信息和情感冲突,并不是通过激烈的争吵或大量的对白来表现的,而是通过人物之间的沉默、回避的眼神和未说出口的话语来传达的。这种“少即是多”的艺术,在现代小说中已经不常见了。作者非常信任读者的理解能力,他们给了我们足够多的线索,但要求我们自己去完成最后的拼图。特别是关于主角童年阴影的那部分叙述,处理得极其谨慎和克制,没有进行任何煽情的渲染,仅仅是冷峻地陈述事实,反而让那种痛苦更加真实可感。读完合上书本的那一刻,我感觉自己像是刚从一场漫长而深刻的梦中醒来,头脑里一片清明,但心底却残留着一种难以言喻的重量。这是一部需要反复回味,并且每次重读都会有新发现的作品。
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