Review: (3.5 stars)  For fans of Jill Mansell and Katie Fforde.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2012
This is Brit chick lit about 40-somethings.  Radio DJ and sportswriter Jack Valentine and Hope Shepherd, publicity handler for a charity, are both recently divorced and slightly walking-wounded and mistrustful of relationships.  Hope loses one of her sneakers ("trainer", that is, in Brit speak) on the way to work.  Jack finds it and, on his radio show, asks the owner to please show up at the radio station to pick it up.There you go.  They meet, they are attracted to each other, they second-guess their feelings, they dither and ponder and misunderstand each other's actions, until finally we have an HEA.  The writing is fresh, dialogue is good, characters are personable.  Secondary characters include children, a dying father (Jack's), colleagues at work.  I liked the book.But there was just a tad too much dithering and overthinking of things and misunderstanding for me.  However, it was a quick read, with approximately 270 pages, so that didn't become especially annoying.  It's worth the read if you like Brit chick lit and enjoy books with slightly more mature heroes and heroines.