Maven is shocked to discover that her divorce to Bennett Walker was never recorded with the courts. Technically, they are still married. In need of an updated passport for an amazing work opportunity, she heads back home to Autumn Ridge to see her “husband” and divorce him once more.

Sweet Home Alabama is one of my favorite movies so I really enjoyed the similar plot in Resisting the Fall. I loved Maven and Ben from the very beginning. Maven was a prankster in her youth and she had no hesitation pulling out some tricks when Ben wouldn’t cooperate. Their banter was entertaining and the past/present tense timeline slowly let us in on what happened with their marriage in the past while following what was happening with their divorce efforts in the present tense.

I loved being back in Autumn Ridge and seeing a few familiar characters from the other books in this collection. My one complaint is that this story pretty much follows the same outline as the previous book in the series. I’m not sure if there is an official order to the stories in this collection, but I’ve been reading them in the order they were published. I think they should have had this one come out later since it was so similar to the book before. But that’s a minor detail.

I had a great time reading Resisting the Fall! It wasn’t full of fall vibes like some of the other books in the collection, probably 2/5, but I still really enjoyed it.