Cottonbloom is a southern town. On the Louisiana side of the bridge, the blue collar folks live and work. The four Abbott brothers, Wyatt, Jackson, Mack, and Ford are trying to keep the garage their beloved father owned and operated until his death. Wyatt, good looking and charming, is the bad boy who loves to party, everyone adores him, especially the ladies. His prime interest, however, is to plan and perfect a project. Find a car in need of special attention to bring it back to its original beauty. He is talented at restoring automobiles and when he finishes the task, he sells them at auction for a hefty profit and moves on to find another.

Sutton Mize is a good girl who lives on the Mississippi side. She is the daughter of a judge and the co-owner of an upscale boutique with her sister. She is engaged to an up-and-coming attorney, Andrew Tarwater. Andrew works at Tarwater and Tarwater, attorneys, who handle everything from personal injury to criminal defense.

Sutton was the childhood crush of Wyatt and when she drives into the shop driving a cherry red Camaro, he whistled. The car was a beauty but so was the driver. They have a sweet reunion, remembering their childhood when Wyatt always teased her. After they discussed details about the refurbishing of the Camaro, Wyatt suggested cleaning out the glove box. Inside were stacks of receipts from fancy and expensive restaurants. Sutton looked baffled, became quiet, then upset. "Make sure you look under the seats."

Voila! Wyatt held up a black, very brief thong with a red heart embroidered on the hip. "Is this yours?" Suddenly all the pieces of the puzzle fell into place. All the late nights working, broken dates at the last minute, and no sex in months, what was her fiance up to? She should have been more upset. Why wasn't she? She began to tell Wyatt her suspicions and he was a great listener and gave her some advice. "Don't get mad, Get even." When she confronted Andrew he soft pedaled it but her BFF, Bree, could not hide her shame. The thong was special ordered for her by Sutton to match Bree's heart tattoo so she was guilty as charged. So much for that friendship. To save some dignity, Sutton told Bree and Andrew she did not care because she and Wyatt have been together in a sexual relationship for many months. With Wyatt by her side, they begin a magical journey to get to know and love each other.

Laura Trentham writes a southern romance sprinkled with small town charm. You will quickly fall in love with Wyatt, sure to become your newest book boy friend. He is handsome, a stud, sweet, thoughtful, funny and always patient. He stands by Sutton and his relationship with his twin, Jackson, brings happy tears.

There are many steamy moments as Wyatt teaches Sutton about making love. Love, betrayal, revenge that is oh! so sweet, will have the pages flying in this tangled web until the ending. I loved LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON and will be sure to return to Cottonbloom for the next chapter. Ms. Trentham has a new fan and I look forward to more. Lovely characters, and an icing on the cake ending!

Book Summary

Love, betrayal, and sweet revenge―life in Cottonbloom is about to get a whole lot hotter . . .

Sutton Mize is known for lavishing attention on the customers who flock to her boutique on the wealthy side of her Mississippi town. So when she finds a lace thong in her fiancé’s classic cherry-red Camaro, she knows just who she sold it to: her own best friend. In an instant, Sutton’s whole world goes up in flames. . .

Wyatt Abbott has harbored a crush on Sutton since he was a young kid from the other side of the tracks. He witnessed Sutton’s shocking discovery in the Camaro at his family-owned garage―and it made him angry. What kind of man could take lovely, gorgeous Sutton for granted? But then Sutton comes up with an idea: Why not give her betrothed a taste of his own medicine and pretend that she’s got a lover of her own? Wyatt is more than happy to play the hot-and-heavy boyfriend. But what begins as a fictional affair soon develops into something more real, and more passionate, than either Sutton or Wyatt could have imagined. Could it be that true love has been waiting under the hood all along?