The Next Best Thing

Name: The Next Best Thing
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Kristan Higgins
ISBN: 9781490696720

Author: Kristan Higgins

Series: Gideon's Cove

Narrator: Xe Sands

Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/24/2016

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Synopsis

Finding a man should be simple, especially when you aren’t expecting romance! Lucy Lang wants a husband. She’s not looking for anyone special, just someone decent and reliable—but definitely not a man she’ll fall in love with. A young widow, Lucy already loved and lost her soulmate, and she doesn’t want to risk that kind of heartbreak again. But sick of being lumped in with her cursed “Black Widow” aunts, Lucy is motivated to give up her casual and completely inappropriate relationship with Ethan Mirabelli, her handsome neighbor, and search for something more dependable. Having been friends with Lucy for years, Ethan knows what she needs better than anyone else—and that’s him. But convincing her that their relationship is more than a “friends with privileges” arrangement will be a long, complicated process. Luckily, Ethan has always been patient …

About Kristan Higgins

Kristan Higgins is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of several romance novels, including All I Ever Wanted, Until There Was You, and Fools Rush In. She won a RITA award in 2008 for Catch of the Day and another in 2010 for Too Good to be True. Kristan lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie on March 24, 2010

Pros: Kristan Higgins can write. You won't find clunky phrasing or bad transitions in the book.The writing is tight and solid. Ethan is a great hero. I loved him and his sexy, gentle ways. Cons: Lucy was a totally unappealing and unsympathetic heroine. She's emotionally stunted (and surrounded by em......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on March 10, 2018

The Next Best Thing is the second installment in Kristan Higgins's adult contemporary romance series: Gideon's Cove. This was a heartbreaking, conflicted, and healing novel. As a reader, in my opinion, the heroine is not easy to love because she's "stuck" and can't quite see what's right in front of......more

Goodreads review by Suzie on January 21, 2012

At 400 pages, this book is 100 pages too long. There are some fun things in this book but the heroine wallowed too much in the grief of being widowed. She was so blind to the hero's love that she was cruel to him. And selfish? Oh, man. Even at the end where she finally realized she wanted him, she h......more