I read
this book via an Amazon-US KINDLE unlimited download.
As
a romance author who is also a voracious book reviewer, I read a wide variety
of genres for all ages; so, naturally my favorite genre to review is romance.
Romance has a multitude of subgenres, and of these, second chance romances is
one of my favorites.
In
reading a second chance romance the characters involved have gone through a traumatic
experience such as a horrendous separation or even worse a divorce, which
causes them to carry a lot of baggage around afterwards. When they finally do
find someone they’re fearful about history repeating itself, and it doesn’t if
it’s the guy or the woman, they both shared the same apprehensions about
falling in love again; although the woman feels it more. They must overcome
their trepidations if they’re ever going to have the HEA they desire.
In
this book, the author, Sharilee Swaity, doesn’t deal with a fictional romance;
she deals with real life situations and real people. And in doing this the
author analyses the reasons from why married couples have disagreements in
their relationships to why their marriages fall apart.
To
accomplish this the author includes real life stories and studies in addition
to her own personal second marriage experiences which also includes her husband’s.
I loved reading the honest advice she gives to have a second marriage not have
the pitfalls the marriage might have had. There is a definite need to in knowing
how to overcome conflict before it gets out of control, and to resolve any
disparities which might exist between either half of a marriage to the other.
Perhaps
there’s some truth in Frank Sinatra’s song “The Second Time Around”:
Love
is lovelier the second time around
Just
as wonderful with both feet on the ground
It's
that second time you hear your love song sung
Makes
you think perhaps that love, like youth, is wasted on the young
Love's
more comfortable the second time you fall
Like
a friendly home the second time you call
Who
can say what brought us to this miracle we've found?
There
are those who'll bet love comes but once, and yet
I'm
oh, so glad we met the second time around
Who
can say what brought us to this miracle we've found?
There
are those who'll bet love comes but once, and yet
I'm
oh, so glad we met the second time around
For
having given her readers palatable information for the possibility of a second
marriage being successful, in an empathetic manner, how can I not give Ms.
Swaity the 5 STARS she deserves.
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