Allison Doll's mother is rebelliously turning 50, her two best friends have started dating, and a gorgeous injured relief pitcher named Ashton Boyd has joined her Sunday school class, rocking her world into confusion, heartache and temptation, places she hasn't visited in a long time, much less all at once.
But with the help of family, old friends she really hasn't lost, a new friend she really can count on, and God, she begins to find out whether she'll always be a girl waiting for life to happen or a woman who's ready to commit to her best catch.
Lindi Peterson definitely believes happy endings are just the beginning. She lives out her real-life romance with her husband in a small Georgia town. When she's not writing, she loves to read, bowl, and spend time with her family.
Visit her at: LindiPeterson.com or TheFaithGirls.com
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"A very sweet and entertaining little romance. The plot was nothing new but it was exceptionally well-written and told from the likable but cautious heroine's first person point-of-view, which drew me quickly and thoroughly into her world and on her side. It was a quick read and easily finished in a sitting. My one complaint is that it seemed like a YA book. If the author hadn't kept reminding us that the characters were professionals in their late 20's, I would have assumed it was about a high school cheerleader with a crush on the school jock. I am not speaking of the absence of premarital sex, since I know many mature adults who make that choice and I soundly applaud them, but I was bothered by the general speech and behavior of the characters, not just the protagonists, but the rest of their group as well. They just sounded and acted like a bunch of adolescents or young adults--21 tops--even their immature and rather disrespectful attitude and behavior in their Sunday School class. It also bothered me how long it took for the heroine to adjust to her best friends' romance--a little jealousy, yes, but not that much and that long. At 19 the first of the group to fall in love and to marry is earth-shaking, but by 29 the majority of your high school friends have made the plunge and belong to the PTA, so it is old-hat, you expect it, and after a brief shock, you are happy for them, not all wound up over how it will affect you--you have a life already. At 19, you probably would see your friends falling in love in terms that are all about you, but at 29, it indicates a Narcissistic Personality Disorder and you'd better get counseling. It just seemed like the author kept forgetting the age, responsibility, and functional level of the people she was writing about. If she had deducted 10 years off everyone's supposed age, it would have worked better and rung more true."
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Lola4 (4 out of 5 stars)