A Case for Love by Kaye Dacus

April 8, 2010 | Author Jessica

In honor of Easter this past Sunday, I decided to post a review of a Christian Romance novel.

A Case for Love by Kay Dacus is a contemporary romance that takes place in the town of Bonneterre, Louisiana. Alaine Delacroix is the moderator for a noon day television show (as she puts it, “fluff” pieces), trying to convince her boss that she is capable of the hard hitting news stories that will land her a spot on the evening news desk. As Alaine is looking for a hard hitting story, one lands in her lap in the form of her parents’ loosing their business to an unscrupulous mortgage company working on behalf of the largest law firm and investment company in the city. Alaine decides to assist her parents in any way that she can, both to help them and to get the story she needs for her career.

Lawyer Forbes Guidry is a partner in the law firm that his parents own but he has gotten there on his own merits. Why then, is he feeling unfulfilled as an individual and feels like God has another purpose for him? Forbes likes the security his income brings him and enjoys working with the law but is jealous of his friend who runs a pro-bono firm (works for the underprivileged and unable to pay individuals). Not only is Forbes struggling with his own dissatisfaction, he has finally met a woman who interests him, only to find that she is standoffish because of a pending lawsuit against his parents’ company.

When Alaine can’t find an attorney willing to go up against the largest law firm in the city, she contacts Forbes and hires him to handle the case. Forbes risks everything by taking Alaine’s case, his job, his relationship with his family and his heart.

I really enjoyed this book. The characters’ concerns, reactions to the existing relationships and reactions to the new relationships were believable. I really related to Forbes because he is the oldest sibling in his family, used to taking care of his siblings and finds himself struggling to step back and let them handle things without him. The characters were empathetic and likable. The story moved quickly and kept me hooked until the end.

A Case for Love is the third book in Kaye Dacus’ Brides of Benneterre, the first two being A Stand-in Groom and A Menu for Romance. I will be getting the first two books, some of the characters in the first two are in this book and I love books that have same characters, it is like visiting with old friends.

Kaye Dacus