The Pretend Wife

I started reading this book before the holidays, and put it aside so that I could read something a little more "Christmas-y". I should have just left it on the shelf - where it belonged.......more

When Gwen Merchant unexpectedly bumps into Elliot Hull, a man whom she had dated furiously for three weeks during college, her seemingly perfect life and perfect marriage are dragged under a microscope for examination. It isn’t until what could have been presents itself that Gwen begins to question......more

This book was kind of entertaining, but I agree with other reviewers who asked, "What about the main character could you fall in love with?" She was kind of lost, and didn't have many defining characteristics, if any. Also, the author seemed to be a believer in the sort of nebulous, squishy "working......more

(Spoiler alert) I was liking this book until the end and trying to figure out how I wanted it to end. I was torn, because I wanted Gwen and Elliot to have their grand love affair, but I felt bad because she was more or less happily married. But, I lost a lost of respect for the author by wrapping it......more

Here's a good summer fluff by the pool read. People magazine recommended it for summer reading and it totally does it justice. If you ran into the guy that got away and he asked you to be his pretend wife for a weekend to fulfill his dying mom's wish- would you? Would you if you were already married......more