To Have And To Hold by Jane Green
Sometimes you're just in the mood for fluff. And when that mood hits me, two of my favorite authors for good chicklit are Marian Keyes and Jane Green. Both know how to tell a good story featuring a sympathetic heroine and an intriguing cast of supporting characters.
To Have and To Hold is an older Jane Green novel that I found at a used-book sale. The heroine is shy caterer Alice who ends up married to her long-time crush, the roguish Joe. He is a childhood friend of her brother's (who, inexplicably is mentioned early in the book then apparently totally disappears from his sister's life, which I thought a little odd. You'd think he'd at least call on Christmas). Anyway, Joe is a highly successful man of finance in London who realizes he can turn mousy Alice into the perfect trophy wife. Since she's madly in love with him, she goes along with this plan, even though she's unhappy inside. Joe soon starts cheating on Alice, which eventually leads to him being transferred to the NY office. Alice convinces him to buy a weekend home in Connecticut, where she soon starts spending most of her time and the two grow further apart. Will Alice find true happiness? Will Joe get his comeuppance? Of course, it all works out neatly in the end, as it should in good chicklit.
As summer (very slowly here in the Midwest) approaches, this would be a great beach book.
To Have and To Hold is an older Jane Green novel that I found at a used-book sale. The heroine is shy caterer Alice who ends up married to her long-time crush, the roguish Joe. He is a childhood friend of her brother's (who, inexplicably is mentioned early in the book then apparently totally disappears from his sister's life, which I thought a little odd. You'd think he'd at least call on Christmas). Anyway, Joe is a highly successful man of finance in London who realizes he can turn mousy Alice into the perfect trophy wife. Since she's madly in love with him, she goes along with this plan, even though she's unhappy inside. Joe soon starts cheating on Alice, which eventually leads to him being transferred to the NY office. Alice convinces him to buy a weekend home in Connecticut, where she soon starts spending most of her time and the two grow further apart. Will Alice find true happiness? Will Joe get his comeuppance? Of course, it all works out neatly in the end, as it should in good chicklit.
As summer (very slowly here in the Midwest) approaches, this would be a great beach book.
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