I really ended up loving this book and want to thank a friend who recommended it to me.

The protagonist of this novel is Kate Everett. Widowed for five years she finally decides to down-size from her huge house to a nice townhouse to get ready for the second stage of her life. However, things don't go as planned with Kate still thinking about what could have been with her first love from college popping up into her life and her family causing her fits.

There are so many novels out there with characters in their fifties trying to figure out what's next but this once I thought did a great job accurately portraying what life is like for older women and men.

I thought the character of Kate was just fantastic. I wanted to hang out and drink with her and one of her besties Cheryl and just laugh at things. Especially with Kate's insights about women in romance novels always opening bakeries, businesses, or other things and somehow finding themselves. I have not read a romance novel that has actually made me laugh out loud so much in such a long time I just ended up promptly buying her other book "Better Off Without Him" and can't wait to devour that book as well.

What made it really work for me though is that Kate did not take the "easy" option but the one that worked for her. Things did not magically get right in her life she had to work at it while also being honest about her marriage to her deceased husband.

I definitely recommend this novel!