Review by KT Sullivan
Sarina
Mahler had a one night stand with Eamon Roy, her friend Danny’s friend. He
still haunts her dreams even though she’s engaged to Noah. A former Olympic
swimmer, Eamon was in a bad car accident. He’s now moving back to Austin to
work on promoting the sport.
Sarina is
an architect and renovates older homes. Her stepfather, John, taught her how to
spot a keeper and do the work herself. Danny suggests she help Eamon find a
house. She wants to, but feels unfaithful to Noah who’s busy travelling the
world and planning their future. He finds her profession expendable when they
have children.
Sarina
tries to concentrate on her business, but loses an important contract. Noah
reminds her that once they’re married, her job will be secondary. All comes to
a screeching halt when John suddenly dies. Sarina attends the memorial service
and hears what a wonderful friend and neighbor John was to all. She goes back
to his house, thinks about her mother, and what would make her happy.
Sarina is
forced to pick one of the men in her life. Was falling in or out of love ever
easy?
I liked
Eamon and Sarina as a couple. Both have been disappointed and set low expectations
for a relationship. They fall in love in spite of themselves. Everyone has
searched the name of a former flame. The Internet makes all past loves come
back to life. Searching for someone is easier and more painful. Many questions
unanswered and wrong and right choices made.
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“12 Things About Bethany”
1. I have the world's smallest tattoo.
My first year in design school, I accidentally stabbed my finger with a
drawing pen, and the little black dot is still there.
2. My favorite song to sing at karaoke
is Jamie O'Neal's "There Is No Arizona." I also love singing Heart,
Journey, Pat Benetar and Foreigner. I look like a quiet girl but I can whale on
a mic like it's my job.
3. I have a serious shoe addiction.
Will not disclose the number of pairs I own.
4. The word "balls"
unfailingly makes me laugh.
5. Tina Fey is the closest I have to an
idol.
6. Getting assigned a nickname by a
friend or coworker makes me unreasonably happy.
7. I've been known to huff the leather
samples at work. (This phenomenon is related to the shoe addiction.)
8. I am 100% a mountain person, not a
beach person. One of the best feelings on earth is being northbound
on the interstate on my way to the Catskills.
9. I studied in England for my junior
year of college, and never really got over it. I'd move back in a heartbeat if
anybody ever gave me a reason.
10. Subway etiquette infractions still
annoy me even though I've been living in New York for 15 years. You'd think I'd
be used to it by now... but no.
11. I didn't watch much TV growing
up, which has resulted in huge (and, apparently, appalling) gaps in my pop
culture knowledge which my husband has taken it upon himself to rectify.
12. I believe leopard print is a
neutral.
About the
Author:
After growing up in the foothills of the Northern Virginia Blue Ridge, I
headed to Williams College for a degree in English. Only in the spring of my
senior year did I begin to consider how exactly I might earn money with a degree
in English. And this gave rise to the logical answer: interior design!
I've been working in the architecture & design industry for over eight years now, but when I'm not hanging out with mess-makers and paint-slingers, I'm writing. And when I'm not writing, I enjoy photography, karaoke, and complaining about being flat-chested.
I've been working in the architecture & design industry for over eight years now, but when I'm not hanging out with mess-makers and paint-slingers, I'm writing. And when I'm not writing, I enjoy photography, karaoke, and complaining about being flat-chested.
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