First published 2008
Maxine Williams has built a good life after her divorce from Blake. She practices child psychiatry in Manhattan and raises their three children while Blake maintains his jet-setting ways with young actresses and models. Their arrangement works well. Blake makes millions through his business ventures and grabs media attention wherever he goes. Maxine focuses on her patients and their kids. Then Blake experiences a personal tragedy that changes him completely. The former playboy wants to launch a humanitarian project and asks Maxine to join him as a partner. The timing creates a problem. Maxine has found new love and planned a different future. She must decide whether Blake can truly change or if he remains the same unpredictable man she divorced. The choice will determine not only her romantic future but also whether she believes people can fundamentally transform themselves.
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Manhattan
Period: contemporary
320 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press