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Divorcing Dwayne: A Novel

J. L. Miles
Cumberland House Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9781581826500
Reviewed by Gina Holland for RebeccasReads (3/08)

“Divorcing Dwayne” is a hilarious, but heartfelt novel. I believe that in this novel, the writer was trying to mix romance and humor together. I think that she pulled it off, but not until well into the story. “Divorcing Dwayne” starts off slowly but then picks up the pace pretty quickly. The author, J.L. Miles, did a great job! This novel was written for teens to adult readers. I think it would be an interesting read to both age groups. If you can get through the first few pages, then the story becomes very interesting.

“Divorcing Dwayne” is a story about a woman named Francine. Francine tells the story herself throughout a lot of the book. She tells the story of how she met her husband Dwayne. They met at a pig-pull, apparently some kind of contest folks do in the town of Pickville Springs I suspect. Dwayne used to be married to Sheila, who owns the saloon in town. Dwayne cheated on Sheila with Carla, the town’s exotic dancer. Francine and Dwayne meet and fall madly in love. They get married and things go great for a while. Then trouble begins. As Francine tells her story, you will meet her best friend, Ray Anne, Trudy, her kinda stepsister, Francine’s grandma, Nanny Lou, who thinks that her dead husband is having an affair with the neighbor and is not really dead, and a whole bunch of other characters you will fall in love with! Or not! In the end, you will find out why Francine shot at Dwayne and Carla, why she divorced Dwayne twice, and why she believes that Dwayne is dead!

I would love to see a continuation novel of Francine and her life. I am curious to see where she ends up. This story was thrilling as well as entertaining. I would definitely recommend it to romance readers and suspense readers everywhere! I will also be happy to read any follow-up story about Francine that J.L. Miles writes. I am sure that anyone who reads “Divorcing Dwayne” will want to follow-up on the story as well. J.L. Miles was great at getting her plot and point across. She also left an opening for anyone who reads this story to want to read more.  J. L. Miles left me laughing; that’s for sure! “Divorcing Dwayne reminded me of a situation that I had not long ago and it was very close to what Francine went through. Francine shows up that we can get through a lot in life if we have too and still come out smiling!

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