Buckeyes Book Reviews: In the Pursuit of Charity by Alexandria Sure

Title: In the Pursuit of Charity

Author: Alexandria Sure

Genre: Women’s Lit

Publisher: Beaumont Tower Press

Editor: Richelle McFate

Cover Designer: Jake Sager

Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR

He expected her to recognize him.

He expected her to be seduced by his charms.

He expected her to fall for him.

Expectations are a funny thing …

When his parents named him Herbert Lincoln James, they already had expectations that Linc would attend an ivy league university and go into politics. Linc didn't. As captain of his swim team, he was expected to win the big relay to carry his swim team to the state championship for the first time in decades. Linc didn’t. Society expected him to walk past her. He couldn’t.

She expected him to see through her.

She expected him to make her into a joke.

She expected him to be cruel.

Expectations are a funny thing …

This is the first book I’ve read of Alexandria’s and I absolutely loved it. This book was a romance but it was unlike any I’ve ever read before. The lead female character wasn’t 5’7” weighing 115 pounds with muscles and a flat stomach. She was called the “fat girl” and I totally relate to her. In some ways I was Alexis when I was in high school. I was the fat girl that didn’t really want to be around anyone. I had my few close friends and that was enough. I never caught the eye of a guy on the swim team, I did catch the eye of a football player but he turned out to be like Harrison, a jerk just after a “good time”. The main male character was the usual in looks but not his insides. He was funny, sweet and very kind. He saw what was on the inside of Alexis and not just the outside. I loved that about him and I wish more guys were like this is real life. I loved that he wanted to get to know Alexis before anything serious happened.This book is different in how it ends also. I have never read a romance book that didn’t have a happy ending. I think more authors should write endings like this but I know it won’t be popular, so it probably won’t happen. I also went through something like Linc and Alexis but we actually talked and worked things out and I’m actually married to the guy now. I’m really hoping there will be another book with Linc and Alexis or at least Alexis. I identified with her so much I need more of her story. I need more of Linc too, he is a very nice and sweet guy and he needs to be happy. I have to give this book 5 stars it deserves every single one of them, although that ending was kinda rough. I’m glad Alexandria made a support group. :)

Alexandria Sure is an avid reader and has written her first novel as homage to fans of the genre she loves. She hopes others will appreciate her novel as much as she enjoyed writing it.

Sure follows the work of several authors and feels she has benefited from reading and commenting on their author pages on Facebook. This has given her the opportunity to get to know the people behind the characters she has grown to love. She hopes her readers will check out her Facebook page so she can get to know them and pay it forward.

Sure is from Michigan and adores her supportive family, her deaf rescue pup and her mighty Spartans. Her experiences in writing her first novel have revealed the true meaning in Jack Canfield's quote, "Everything you want is on the other side of fear."