Author: Bethany Turner
Publisher: Revell
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewer: Jessica Higgins
Nothing like a fun romantic comedy for a fall read!
Sarah Hollenbeck has fallen from society’s grace. Having been stuck in a loveless marriage to a wealthy businessmen wasn’t too bad until she caught him in the act with another woman. Now that she is divorced, she finds herself with nothing. No friends, no job, and no resources. Desperate for something, she joins a book club and decides to write poetry, which she finds is not her forte. However, when she ventures into writing steamy romance novels where she pours her past lackluster love life into the words, she finds that not only is she good, she makes other women long for her books as well. She is so good in fact, that she is able to land a trilogy book deal. Everything is going great for her new life and then she finds that she has been lacking the one thing that makes her life even more meaningful: a true relationship with Christ. Now she is in a dilemma. She has a deadline for her next installment of steamy romance but feels that this writing is no longer the course she could take. Couple that with she is falling for her new pastor makes for a fun and entertaining read.
This was a fun, quick, and witty read. Told from a first person view of the main character, the reader has a real chance to get to know her personally and quickly find that she is very flawed, which makes her seem more human. I really enjoyed the relationships that she developed and getting to see how they played out as well as how she was her own worst enemy in keeping some of those relationships. I have had some of the same thoughts she has and it was good to see that the author was likely drawing on personal experience on her main character. A great fall book to have in your to-read pile!
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher. The views and opinions expressed within are my own.
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