by Jane Green
First published 2014
Gabby has spent eighteen years building a solid marriage with Elliott and raising two teenage daughters. At forty-three, she watches her friends chase after their fading youth, but she feels above such desperate measures. Then Matt enters her life. This younger man makes Gabby feel sparkling and fascinating again, sensations she had forgotten existed. What starts as innocent long-distance friendship crosses into emotional territory Gabby never expected to explore. She finds herself stepping deeper into the thrill of new attraction and attention, intoxicated by feelings she thought were behind her. Each conversation with Matt pushes her further from the safe boundaries of her eighteen-year marriage. Gabby faces a choice that could destroy the life she and Elliott have carefully constructed. She must decide what she truly values most before one wrong decision costs her everything that matters.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: emotional-affair, second-chance, temptation
352 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: emotional-abuse