Theory of Happily Ever After
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
According to Dr. Maggie Maguire, happiness is serious science, as serious as Maggie takes herself. But science can't always account for life's anomalies--for instance, why her fiancé dumped her for a silk-scarf acrobat and how the breakup sent Maggie spiraling into an extended ice cream-fueled chick flick binge.
Concerned that she might never pull herself out of this nosedive, Maggie's friends book her as a speaker on a "New Year, New You" cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. Maggie wonders if she's qualified to teach others about happiness when she can't muster up any for herself. But when a handsome stranger on board insists that smart women can't ever be happy, Maggie sets out to prove him wrong. Along the way she may discover that happiness has far less to do with the head than with the heart.
Filled with memorable characters, snappy dialogue, and touching romance, Kristin Billerbeck's The Theory of Happily Ever After shows that the search for happiness may be futile--because sometimes happiness is already out there searching for you.
"Billerbeck has the most delightful voice I've ever read. I adore her stories, and she returns with an enchanting new novel, The Theory of Happily Ever After. I laughed, cried, and rejoiced with her wonderful characters and was sad when the story ended. Highly recommended!"--Colleen Coble, USA Today bestselling author
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Billerbeck (What a Girl Wants) delves into the science of happiness in this winsome romance. Happiness expert and college lecturer Maggie McGuire has hit a funk after a devastating breakup and now hides away from the world with gelato and romantic movies. To cheer Maggie up, her friends surprise her with a week-long singles cruise and little does Maggie know that they have also set her up as the cruise's keynote speaker. While moping about the ship, she bumps into Sam Wellington, a Silicon Valley investor who challenges Maggie's academic research into happiness. After her friends' plan is revealed and Maggie begins planning her speech, she oscillates between trying to get out of her funk and wanting to continue to drown her sorrows in more ice cream. As Maggie confronts the possibility that her own research could be inaccurate, Sam's criticism of her work begins to appear more level-headed and her feelings toward him begin to grow. Despite the happy ending that feels inevitable throughout the book, Maggie never truly investigates her depressive thinking. Billerbeck's characters are flat and the faith elements are slim, but the sweet will-they-or-won't-they of Sam and Maggie's courtship will please readers looking for an unchallenging romance.
