Be Mine

Jude and Tucker's love story was something else. Tucker was cocky arrogant man, who was also smitten with Jude from the start. Jude was smitten with him to but she was unsure of how she should feel for a man who her family viewed as an enemy. Tucker comes to family ranch to claim it as his own, because Judah McVie, Jude's uncle has left it to him in his will, the faimly finds this hard to believe and views him as their enemy, Big Earl, Judes father welcomes him to stay on at the ranch until they can straighten out the mess of who the ranch really belongs to. While on the ranch Jude and Tucker's feeling get stronger anstronger for each other an Tucker has to decide which is more important his love Jude or having the ranch, in order to get the answer you have to read the book. I hated Judes mother, she did every thing she could to keep Jude and Tucker apart, but Judes love for Tucker woundn't let her mother win. This book is overwhelmly good.

"Be Mine" was my first book by Guillaume. It was also my very first book I every read in the Arabesque/Bet Books publishing house. I must say it turned me on to reading African American Romance novels. I loved everything about this book, from the characters down to the setting for the story. Guillaume has a great writing style and she expressed it very well in "Be Mine." Jude and Tucker had sparks flying from the very first time they met! I think Tucker loved the girl way before their first meeting. Really, the book is up there with my favorites. One could not ask for a better love story!

The well-bred family woman and the man from the wrong side of the tracks and the love they share is a story that's been told before, but Geri Guillaume adds a freshness, sensuality and passion that made this book absolutely hard to put down! I absolutely adored Tucker, and Jude and her family (yes, even Reva) were some of the most engaging characters I've had the pleasure of meeting. IT was refreshing to see such a warm, loving African-American family. Good job, Ms. Guillaume. I look forward to more of her stories.