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On Second Thought


A Romance Novel


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Sisters,
  • Blended Family,
  • Second Chance
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Sisters navigating heartbreak and messy blended-family ties
  • Viral breakups and public humiliation fallout
  • Grief and second chances in small-town upstate New York
Publisher Description

Ainsley O'Leary is so ready to get married—she's even found the engagement ring her boyfriend has stashed away. What she doesn't anticipate, after eleven years together during which she nursed him through cancer, is being blindsided by a breakup that he chronicles in a blog... which (of course) goes viral.

Devastated and humiliated, Ainsley moves in with her older half sister, Kate, who's struggling with a sudden loss of her own in upstate New York. Kate's always been the poised, self-assured sister, but becoming a newlywed—and a widow—in the space of four months overwhelms her. Though the sisters were never close, she starts to confide in Ainsley, especially when she learns her late husband was keeping a secret from her.

Despite the murky blended-family dynamic that's always separated them, Ainsley's and Kate's heartaches will bind their summer together as they come to terms with the inevitable imperfection of relationships and family—and the possibility of one day finding love again...

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I write book club fiction…realistic, deeply emotional, funny stories about people at a defining moment in their lives.

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