Review: You mean you can have an AARP card AND a sex life - who knew?!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
Yes, the title of this review is a wee bit sarcastic, but those of us who have been reading the genre for ages know how rare real "mature" Romances are.  Sure, there's the occasional Fifty-plus character, but they're usually relegated to grandparent status and they certainly aren't allowed to be "sexy" (clutching my pearls in honor of the heroine, Bev)!Tom Jenkins is 62 years old and loves profanity, solitude and cigarettes - not necessarily in that order.Bev Anderson is 59 and dresses in head-to-toe Talbots, even when she's just puttering in the garden.Tom and Bev have absolutely nothing in common, other than they're both single.  Oh - and their children are married.  To each other.  A pre-Thanksgiving mishap means that Tom and Bev will be spending the holiday together, a prospect that doesn't appeal to either one of them.  While their kids are convinced that Tom and Bev will probably kill each other, that's not exactly what happens.  Actually, for the first time in years they both feel very much alive.I enjoyed this, and not just because it's a rare treat to read about middle-aged characters.  There's a lot of humor (Tom's cranky, profanity-laden rants are really funny) and the dialog is snappy and true to life.  It's a short read but we get to see the characters grow and change and mostly I just really liked the concept that it's never too late to have the happy ending you've always dreamed of.Plenty of strong language (Tom appreciates a good swear word) and some fairly explicit sexual content.  This book was nicely edited and the kindle formatting was perfect.