When a marriage end, it can be the start of something new

Synopsis

Imagine for a moment, your husband leaves you. Then through a bizarre twist of events, you find yourself working with the girl he’s left you for – and even worse, she’s pregnant…

Louisa’s not really up to any more complicated relationships. Right now, she doesn’t need them. She has good friends. Okay, so one has a screwed-up husband and the other a very strange horoscope habit. Not to mention her ex-husband’s new girlfriend, who Louisa has somehow found herself giving relationship counselling to. She doesn’t need anyone else with problems in her life right now.

It would be nice, wouldn’t it? To find a straightforward man, who isn’t remotely messed up. Now there’s a thought… But does such a man even exist?

She thinks not. But, she resolves, a life of helping other people find their happy-ever-afters is still something. But then handsome vet Marcus walks into her life. And everything changes…

Set in the Hampshire countryside against a background of horses and vets, this is a story about friendship and love, and life’s way of throwing in the unexpected…

My review

Louisa knows that things aren’t perfect in her marriage with Arian. But which marriage is? That doesn’t leave her utterly shocked when Arian admits to have met someone new, and she is even pregnant!
Now Louisa finds herself single in a new home, and complications are the last things she needs now in her life. But what Louisa wants, isn’t what Louisa gets, as she needs to help out her friends, from going to a horoscope addiction to another marriage in crisis. And what Louisa absolutely doesn’t need, is her ex’ girlfriend working by your side…
While helping out those around her in finding their happily ever after, Louisa learn that perhaps her own perception wasn’t always that spot – on, especially concerning vet Marcus. 

I have read several books of this amazing authors, and I know I shouldn’t be fooled by the lightness of the title. Because this author can write deep stories, with twists and even tears from my side. So I *thought* I knew what I was getting into, yet once again I was totally fooled. 

The focus of this book is definitely on Louisa, and what happens after learning that her husband is leaving her.
Of course I truly felt sorry for her, because even if things aren’t always working well in a marriage, cheating is a terrible thing to do. What happened to talking to each other, or just decide to go your separate ways? Especially when Louisa hasn’t had any clue about how Arian was truly feeling, or had an idea of how mismatched they in fact were… 

Like I said, don’t get fooled by the title, because for me, this wasn’t about Lou’s search for the perfect man. But for me it was more about Lou standing on her own feet, making it (whatever that maybe, in whatever area of her life) and learning that everyone, even those the closest to her, have their own issues in their lives. 

We see in several occasions that in fact Lou is an amazing, understanding and helpful friend. She worries about her loved ones, which also include her colleagues at the vet practice. She wants every and each of them to be happy. She also goes lengths when any on them is in need or just deserve it. 

But Lou is also the kind of person that is forgiving. Of course I could understand her shock when learning that her ex’ new girlfriend is working by her side at the practice. And while it could have been a difficult situation, she also sees Karina for who she is, and Lou doesn’t hold onto the past and hold a grudge. 

We see her also ‘getting’ people. She may be opinionated at first, with a few characters, but once she gets to know them, she understands that her vision was wrong. And even if she perhaps may have the wrong first impression, she still gives them a chance. 

There are several things going on in this story, as we see for example Lou going from married to divorced, but we also see her as a caring daughter who worries when an incident occurs. We see her not giving up on love, not for herself but for her friends. And we also see her kind heart towards animals.  

Yet seeing Louisa slowly believing in love for herself was perhaps the best thing of the whole book… because no matter what happened in the past, love can always be found again. 

In this book there aren’t perhaps the hugest plot twists. We see the daily lives of characters, a bunch of people caring for each other and loving each other in different specifics ways. And most important, we see how to carry on with life, even after an unexpected break – up.  

This is the story of a normal woman, with a regular job, who goes through things everyone can relate to. A normal woman, who grows thanks to what she is going through or what happens in her life.
And yes,  a woman who dares to open up for love again, even if she was adamant that she didn’t need to find that perfect man to find her own happiness, yet perhaps can stumble upon that man, if she dares to look around. 

Once again this was a great story to read, about moving on, not losing yourself and being that kind and loving person you have always been, and not let anger poison you, even towards that person that hurt you the most.
It’s a wonderful story about strength, matureness, growth, friendship and love, what else do you need more?