Rreview: Reunion In October (The Calendar Girls Book 2) by Gina Ardito
Author: Gina Ardito
Title: Reunion In October
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Title: Reunion In October
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Francesca lost her first love. Emily’s teetering on her last nerve. Will they risk their hearts to gain everything they both desire?
Five years after her fiancé, Michael, left her for a job on the other side of the country, Dr. Francesca Florentino is focused on her work as an emergency room physician and has no time for a love life. That is, until Josh Candolero charms his way into her heart on the same night Michael returns, vowing to win her back.
Meanwhile, Emily Handler, a 911 dispatcher married to her high school sweetheart for the last seventeen years, can’t seem to figure out what happened to that spark she and hubby, Roy, used to share in their marriage. A life-altering heart attack was not exactly the shake-up she had in mind.
Now, both women will seize control of their lives and discover their hearts’ true happiness for always.
Welcome back to Snug Harbor, where the ocean breeze is a lover’s kiss, and the salt air always carries a hint of love.
Five years after her fiancé, Michael, left her for a job on the other side of the country, Dr. Francesca Florentino is focused on her work as an emergency room physician and has no time for a love life. That is, until Josh Candolero charms his way into her heart on the same night Michael returns, vowing to win her back.
Meanwhile, Emily Handler, a 911 dispatcher married to her high school sweetheart for the last seventeen years, can’t seem to figure out what happened to that spark she and hubby, Roy, used to share in their marriage. A life-altering heart attack was not exactly the shake-up she had in mind.
Now, both women will seize control of their lives and discover their hearts’ true happiness for always.
Welcome back to Snug Harbor, where the ocean breeze is a lover’s kiss, and the salt air always carries a hint of love.
Rating: 4.5 of 5 Hearts
From the moment, I started reading this book I was captivated. It rotates between two women’s lives throughout the month of October. Both women are struggling to discover who they are now that life has dealt them an unexpected hand. Neither woman has a bad life it just isn’t the life they thought they would be leaving when they were younger.
Author Gina Ardito characters are relatable to anyone who has a busy life and sometimes feels like life just isn’t fair. I related to both women numerous times throughout this novel. And yes, I nodded my head in agreement with both women on multiple occasions. If I could have said “Amen sista!” to them, I would have.
Five years ago, Francesca Florentino’s fiancé left her to move out west. Michael did not understand that she could not just up and leave during her residency. He just assumed she would follow him anywhere. Since he left, she has become a workaholic and practically lives in the Emergency Room. She notices that Josh Candelero a boy she once babysat has started making more and more trip to the ER.
Josh a now every hot man has always had his eyes on Francesca ‘Frannie’. He wants her to see him for the man he is today. Not the boy she once watched. I laughed aloud at how he would push her buttons and slowly won over her heart. Josh won over my heart quickly with his patience and love for his Frannie.
Then we have Emily Handler, she is a wife, mom of four adorable children, and a 911 operator. Emily does everything for everyone and feels like no one cares or realizes she is running on empty. Everyone is too busy with their lives to notice that Emily has become emotionally and physically drained until she has a heartache while at the library with her youngest.
Roy Handler is oblivious to what his wife has been going through. She handles everything for him and the children. He even had the audacity to wonder when she would be out because he needed help. He loves her more than anything he just isn’t so great at showing her right now. Emily realizes that maybe she and Roy need to separate. Their emotion journey through October stole my heart.
And if that wasn’t enough Author Gina Ardito adds in many more characters to keep us enthralled. Some you learn to love and some you just want to smack.
I absolutely loved watching both couples discover who they had become and what matter most to them.
This book will have you laughing, clutching your heart, and wanting to hug both women as they discover who they are during the month of October.
Gina Ardito is the award-winning international author of more than twenty romances, a legendary singer in confined spaces (her car, the shower, her office cubicle), and a killer of houseplants. She hosts fun, informative workshops for writers around the country. In 2012, Gina was named a Woman of Outstanding Leadership by the International Women’s Leadership Association, but to her friends, she’s still just a shenanigator. A native of Long Island, New York, she lives with her husband, two children, a bionic dog, and their two cat overlords. For more info on Gina and her books, you can visit her website at ginaardito.com, follow Gina on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/
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Thanks so much for the review and the kind words. I'm so thrilled you enjoyed Frannie's and Em's stories!
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