On Second Thought
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4.1 • 16 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Following in the footsteps of her critically acclaimed novel, If You Only Knew, multi–bestselling author Kristan Higgins returns with a pitch–perfect look at the affection–and the acrimony–that binds sisters together.
Ainsley O'Leary is so ready to get married–she's even found the engagement ring her boyfriend has stashed away. What she doesn't anticipate is for Eric to blindside her with a tactless break–up he chronicles in a blog…which (of course) goes viral. Devastated and humiliated, Ainsley turns to her half–sister, Kate, who's already struggling after the sudden loss of her new husband.
Kate has always been so poised, so self–assured, but Nathan's death shatters everything she thought she knew–including her husband–and that sometimes the people who step up aren't the ones you expect. With seven years and a murky blended family dynamic between them, Ainsley and Kate have never been overly close, but their shared sorrow dovetails their faltering worlds into one.
Despite the lifetime of history between them, the sisters must learn to put their differences aside, open their hearts to the inevitable imperfection of family–and the possibility of one day finding love again.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Higgins examines the ties that bind family as two sisters grieve their losses and provide support to one another. Kate O'Leary is a successful photographer and loves her life with her new husband, Nathan, in suburban Cambry-on-Hudson, N.Y. But when Nathan dies in an accident, she is devastated by his loss. Kate's half-sister, Ainsley, talented and ever-cheerful, supported her longtime boyfriend, Eric, through cancer, and believes that he is finally going to propose to her. But shortly after Ainsley finds the ring, he publicly breaks up with her via his blog. After Ainsley moves in with Kate, the two women become closer than they had ever been. Each draws on the strength of the other to move forward in her life and begin the healing process. Kate tries to continue with her work as a photographer and enjoys her friendship with Daniel, the "Hot Firefighter," and Ainsley enjoys a love/hate relationship with her job as an editor at Hudson Lifestyle, where she always seems to attract the displeasure of her boss, Jonathan. Higgins's page-turner highlights both the complexity of family relationships and the intense power of love.
