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Wedding at Wildwood (Ever After Love Inspired Collection)

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In Wedding at Wildwood, the setting is the beautiful but neglected Wildwood Plantation in southern Georgia. Isabel Landry and Dillon Murdock both grew up at Wildwood, although in very different environments. Isabel's father farmed the land, working for little pay but allowed to live in a cottage on the plantation free of charge. Dillon's father owned the plantation.

Isabel and Dillon had been friends growing up, despite the difference in their status--until Dillon disappeared one day without even saying goodbye. Now, years later, they have both returned to Wildwood for Dillon's brother Eli's wedding.

To Isabel, it seems like nothing has really changed. While she is now a respected, well-paid photographer, when she is at Wildwood she still feels second-class. Dillon has his own secrets, and although his feelings for Isabel are re-kindled, these secrets threaten to separate them once again. Will their faith in God and each other be enough to overcome the mistakes of the past?

I greatly enjoy Lenora Worth's writing. There is something about the way she draws you into the story that is immediate and compelling. She is a master at descriptive settings--so well done that they are an essential part of the story. Her characters are real with both strengths and weaknesses, and you come to care about them very quickly.

This book was a good read. It focuses on Isabel (Issy) and Dillan as they come together after ten years apart. The parting was not sweet, and Isabel never knew why. We don't find out the truth until the very end, but it's worth it (nothing really unexpected). If your looking for a "Happy ever after" story, I'm not sure you'll see that for all the parties involved in this book. There is a wedding, of course, but others are hurt along the way...

Dillon is very unsettled and takes us on a rollar coaster ride - it's not an "I love you, I love you not" sort of thing - but rather - I want her in my life-I don't wnat her in my life sort of thing. We see his emotions like a roller coaster, but he never stopped loving Isabel and that's what matters!

Great story!

Isabel grew up at Wildwood - the only child of the Murdock family's servants. Her grandmother still lives on the plantation and has asked Isabel, now a successful photographer, to come home to take pictures at Eli Murdock's wedding. Dillon Murdock is a modern-day prodigal son, and Isabel's childhood crush. He has come home at his mother's request to attend his brother's wedding. Eli doesn't want either of them to attend the festivities - he has always treated Isabel as if she were worthless, and there is no love lost between him and Dillon. Is Eli's sour mood due to Dillon's and Isabel's presence? Or is he about to lose the family home and business as his bride-to-be, Susan, insists?

With regard to the plot, this is a gripping novel. But the writing style is a bit scattered. Some encounters between these characters are very adolescent, others are very grown up. A few conversations between the characters seem to have forgotten previous interactions. I often found myself having to re-read passages just to be sure I didn't miss something. This novel required too much effort on the part of the reader to be truly enjoyable.