Second Helpings: A Second Chance Midlife Romance


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Fifteen years ago a lie tore them apart. When they find each other again, will they still feel fireworks? Noah When I came back and discovered that my wife had filed for divorce while I was on a business trip, I was devastated. Carmen was my first love. My only love. And I had no idea what I’d done to make her disappear without a trace. The one day I get a taste for Italian food… Carmen When I got a letter saying my husband was cheating on me, I divorced him and left town without a word. I’ve got a good life with my friends and my restaurant, even if I sometimes miss the easy companionship I used to have with Noah. Then right before Independence Day he walks into my business, looking hotter than ever, and asking for a second chance. I try to resist him, but it turns out that he has evidence that will change everything… “Second Helpings” is a standalone short story in the “Midlife Crisis Contemporary Romance” series. About the series: Just when they thought it was too late...along comes love! They've lived their lives, built their careers, maybe raised some kids, and now these women are ready to settle into their comfortable midlife years. But being a woman over forty isn't the end, it's just the beginning. There are still some silver foxes looking for women their own age and learning that sometimes you find love right where you least expect it. The “Midlife Crisis Contemporary Romance” series features strong, independent women, growly cinnamon roll heroes, meddling friends and family, and fun romances that lead to a sweet happily ever after.




20 over 40


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Stories about the unique perils and tensions of middle age




Somewhere Carnal Over 40 Winks


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A fantasy about the hunt for a serial killer in a place called Mong where the dream world intersects the real world.




Before She Knew Contemporary Second Chance Romance


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Sometimes the one that got away is the only one worth fighting for. First loves find new flames in this small town second-chance romance. When Rachel met Brad, she thought their love would last forever. The world had other plans. Now, she’s a stay-at-home mother and painter, living a life some would kill for. But the neighbors don’t know about the issues in her marriage. Her husband’s secrets have created a chasm between them so wide that she can’t see the other side. But loyalty is a choice–Rachel is determined to make it work. She never imagined that a commissioned art piece would change her life. * Brad pushed his first love away by choosing another woman, but he never really got over Rachel. And he can’t deny the awakening of old feelings when he runs into Rachel in their hometown. Just being around her makes him happier than he has been in years. Is she what’s been missing from his life? But with Brad reeling from new revelations and old pain, clutching harder than ever at what’s left of her marriage, Brad is left floundering. He’s certain there’s only one thing worth fighting for: each other. After all, leaving Rachel was the biggest mistake he ever made. And it’s one he doesn’t intend to repeat. Small-town secrets, high school sweethearts, and whole-hearted adoration that spans a lifetime. Fans of Tessa Bailey, Lucy Score, and Elin Hilderbrand will love this emotional contemporary romance debut from Katie Bingham-Smith.




Love among the Castelli Romani: A Midlife Crisis for Two


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Not far south of Rome are the Castelli Romani, seventeen small hill-towns of beautiful, undiscovered charm in Lazio, hill-towns which have everything Rome does, but on a smaller, more humane scale. Love Among the Castelli Romani: A Midlife Crisis for Two recounts the authors’ two-year adventure in the area. Revealing the nature, mythology, history, culture, food, and people of four of the hill-towns—Albano, Castel Gandolfo, Frascati, and Nemi—they introduce the reader to the towns and the distinctly Italian life there, during the escapades of their midlife rediscovery of their love and the joy of the simple life. Reading Rome through the Castelli Romani, and the Castelli Romani through Rome, the book is part travel memoir, part anthology of Latin and English literature, part biography of a marriage, part lyric meditation on midlife, all while our authors learn Italian, explore two crater lakes, eat and drink local food and wine, make friends, survive Covid, and unlock the unknown pleasures of an Italy just outside the known pleasures of Rome itself. The first English language treatment of the area in over one hundred years, Love Among the Castelli Romani is a Grand Tour of an area Roman emperors, medieval churchmen, renaissance aristocrats, and modern fortunates have all called home as they have escaped the heat and busyness of Rome in search of a cooler, greener, quieter side of Italian life. The book is for the real or armchair traveler ready for a new experience of Italy.




I Woke Up One Day and I Was 40


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I Woke Up One Day & I Was 40 really makes you take a look at your eating habits, your health, your fitness regime, and your overall attitude about life as you embark on mid-life. Speaking directly to men, this book is a personal narrative about one man who "woke up one day and was 40" and provides all the information and tips you need to be as healthy and fit as possible once you hit 40 and beyond. It also reminds us that 40 is not old! You're just beginning to reach the point in life where you can be truly confident about who you are and where you stand in life measured against all those other men on the planet. It's a good thing. You've earned the right to be 40! Research shows that eating right and exercising regularly is especially effective for those men 40 and beyond. I Woke Up One Day & I Was 40 is divided into 3 easy-to-read sections including: Checking In With Reality When You Hit 40 Getting Started Exercises to Keep You Young Written by Tony Vercillo, he not only "talks the talk", but "walks the walk" when it comes to personal health and fitness. I Woke up One Day and I was 40 is designed to help men who just turned 40 and beyond stay active and feel younger every day.




Love Honor and Negotiate


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In Love, Honor and Negotiate: Making your Marriage Work, family therapist Betty Carter offers a cutting-edge, common-sense approach to helping marriages survive, grow, and flourish: renegotiating the marriage contract.




Fabulously 40 and Beyond:women


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Jasmine


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Trace the curved line between love and obsession in this steamy novel Aarons artfully portrays the demise of his lead characters control in the stable world he once inhabited. Vivid characters enliven a compelling story that reveals Sors innermost thoughts and personal letters. The style and pacing of the narrative realistically parallel the timeline of Sors affair, while rising to meet his transformation from a controlled, settled husband into an adulterous obsessive. A well-crafted tale of passion, loss and the dangers of obsession. Kirkus Reviews




Midlife Crisis


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The phrase “midlife crisis” today conjures up images of male indulgence and irresponsibility—an affluent, middle-aged man speeding off in a red sports car with a woman half his age—but before it become a gendered cliché, it gained traction as a feminist concept. Journalist Gail Sheehy used the term to describe a midlife period when both men and women might reassess their choices and seek a change in life. Sheehy’s definition challenged the double standard of middle age—where aging is advantageous to men and detrimental to women—by viewing midlife as an opportunity rather than a crisis. Widely popular in the United States and internationally, the term was quickly appropriated by psychological and psychiatric experts and redefined as a male-centered, masculinist concept. The first book-length history of this controversial concept, Susanne Schmidt’s Midlife Crisis recounts the surprising origin story of the midlife debate and traces its movement from popular culture into academia. Schmidt’s engaging narrative telling of the feminist construction—and ensuing antifeminist backlash—of the midlife crisis illuminates a lost legacy of feminist thought, shedding important new light on the history of gender and American social science in the 1970s and beyond.