Forbidden Fruit, Book 9 of the Adventures in Amethyst Series, is Apple Wooten's story. After being pampered all of her life by nannies, her older brother Clay became her guardian once he was old enough, since their parents were never there for them. Her last rehab was working, she was finally getting herself together, when her mother pulled her out, insisting she got to Clay in Amethyst, WI, where he settled down with his new bride Harper. Apple’s orders were to bring him back to New York by any means necessary! I liked that Apple was so hesitant to do her mother’s dirty work, especially once she saw how happy Clay was with a baby on the way. I had to give Bay kudos for unconsciously waiting for Apple for so long, certain she was the one for him. I loved how he called her ‘Barbie Doll’ and how he protected her against her own naivete in a world she had no skills to navigate on her own. ( )