The Last Honest Man

by Lynnette Kent

Book Overview

Phoebe Moss is engaged to be marriedAnd what a catch! Adam DeVries is a hardworking, intelligent man who's running for mayor of New Skye. After years of avoiding the trappings of a relationship,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373711476
• ISBN13: 9780373711475
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Harlequin
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended

Adam DeVries does not talk very much. His sever stutter has kept him mostly silent until his outrage at inappropriate development in the small community of New Skye, North Carolina inspires him to become politically active. Now he has only three months until time to campaign and he intends to run for mayor. He hires a local speech therapist to help. While friends and siblings support his efforts, Adam's parents are less supportive.Impressed by Adam's determination, Phoebe Moss agrees to help. Having once suffered from a debilitating stutter herself, she recognizes the inherent challenges of Adam's goals and the impossibility of time constraints. They agree to extra sessions at Phoebe's ranch and Adam dedicates himself to the task. When word leaks regarding all the time Adam spends alone with Phoebe, his campaign manager announces that Adam and Phoebe are engaged. But filling the role of engagement does result in delightful emotional implications.Author Lynette Kent continues the At the Carolina Diner miniseries with style. THE LAST HONEST MAN deftly captures the challenges of a disability with gentle understanding and compassion. Adam's vulnerabilities sharply contrast with his moral and ethical strengths, lending this wounded hero charming appeal. Phoebe likewise sparkles as she attempts to help Adam and then falls in love. With a charming cast of secondary characters, THE LAST HONEST MAN presents a charming afternoon's read, coming highly recommended.

enjoyable political romance

In New Skye, North Carolina, angry developer Adam DeVries decides he has had enough of the corruption and other questionable activities of the Mayor Tate and the Council who seem to always find a way to make money at the city's expense. The latest rezoning trick propels Adam to take action. He plans to run for mayor, but has a minor problem. He has a severe case of stuttering and only three months to overcome it if he is to be taken seriously by the voters.He turns to town newcomer, speech therapist Phoebe Moss for help. Though she insists ninety days is not enough, Phoebe finds his enthusiasm quite catching and agrees to help him. To hide his impediment from the media, Phoebe and Adam pretend they are seeing one another, but rather quickly both want the sham to be real and permanent.Though how the media failed to know that Adam stuttered seems off kilter and his deception seems wrong for someone as ethical as Diogenes was seeking, readers will enjoy this political romance that encourages everyone to seek his or her dreams. Ben and Abby are a fine couple, but the townsfolk make the tale with readers seeing individuals making up the delightful support cast and that leads to a delightful look at small town living and loving.Harriet Klausner