Candy Norwood, at forty four years old, owned True Blue Friends Pet Shop and was happy with her life’s choices. Much to her father’s displeasure, she had left the high powered position with his Wall Street company and moved to a smaller, quieter-paced area and opened her pet store. She was happy but she was sometimes lonely. It wasn’t easy meeting people who really liked her for herself and not her father’s money. Her life was altered after a stranger pulled her from her brother’s plane one night. She was instantly interested in him.

Connie Keenan is a new author to me. I found this book refreshing to read about a couple who, after the age of forty, still could have feelings for, and fall in love with, someone. This book also emphasized that a couple does not have to be making lots of money to be happy. These characters were so ‘real-world’ to me—people who chose to do something out of the ordinary and still be successful.

There were some extraordinary people who interacted with this main couple. This book showed ordinary people doing mundane things and it was acceptable. Though the two main characters were from opposite ends of the financial spectrum, they were both doing what made them happiest. The ending was amazing.

This book was romantic but is a book for anyone. I recommend it to all.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Sweet

Reviewer: Brenda Talley
September 13, 2009