Welcome to Litsy!

Experience the sultry Southern atmosphere of Atlanta and the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry in this funny and poignant tale of one audacious woman�s quest to find the love she deserves, from New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank. Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley�s wildly successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in the mothers of their children they promised to love and cherish��til death did them part�for tanned and toned young Barbie brides. If losing the social life and close friends she adored wasn�t painful enough, a series of setbacks shake Les�s world and push her to the edge. She�s had enough of playing the good wife to a husband who thinks he�s doing her a favor by keeping her around. She�s not going to waste another minute on people she doesn�t care to know. Now, she�s going to take some time for herself�in the familiar comforts and stunning beauty of Charleston, her beloved hometown. In her brother�s stately historic home, she�s going to reclaim the carefree girl who spent lazy summers sharing steamy kisses with her first love on Sullivans Island. Along Charleston�s live oak- and palmetto-lined cobblestone streets, under the Lowcountry�s dazzling blue sky, Les will indulge herself with icy cocktails, warm laughter, divine temptation and bittersweet memories. Daring to listen to her inner voice, she will realize what she wants . . . and find the life of which she�s always dreamed. Told in the alternating voices of Les and Wes, The Last Original Wife is classic Dorothea Benton Frank: an intoxicating tale of family, friendship, self-discovery, and love, that is as salty as a Lowcountry breeze and as invigorating as a dip in Carolina waters on a sizzling summer day.