Review: Twice is better the second time.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2014
Is it possible to find your one true love…twice?Blind date. When Allie and Ben are thrown together to help their friends out of a bind, they find the unexpected – and unwanted - spark of attraction difficult to ignore. Surrendering to it, they marry and live their happyish-ever-after – until Ben’s death reveals a betrayal that rocks Allie’s world.The sidelines. Where Jake has hovered for the past fifteen years, business partners with his best friend, in love with his best friend’s wife. He’s shocked by Ben's duplicity, overcome by the guilt of a deathbed promise. But he’s waited half a lifetime for a chance to love Allie, and it’s time to make his move.The story has some flashbacks into where the three characters met and what happens to them in the intervening years. I loved it. I especially loved Jake. He has always been there for Allie and his friend, Ben. It had to be hard to love your friend's wife but he continues to take care of her. He decides to try for a relationship with her but she doesn't make it easy. She has a lot of issues from finding out about her husband's deception to overcome and also to figure out who she is. The interaction between Jake and Allie is so sweet. You start to root for them from the beginning, even when Allie first picks Ben, you wish she would pick Jake. But that makes a good story. I recommend this to anyone who loves a second chance story. I think that this might be the author's first book. I couldn't find another one by her but I would definitely read another book by her. So great