As You Wish
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4.3 • 373 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
One fateful summer, three very different women find themselves together in Summer Hill, Virginia, where they discover they have much more in common than they realized…
Sixty-year-old Olivia’s first marriage was long and unhappy, but now she is a newlywed, thrilled to finally be starting her life with the man she’s always truly loved—even if they are getting a late start. Kathy is in her forties and married to a handsome, successful businessman. Theirs would be a fairy-tale romance if it weren’t for one problem: he’s passionately in love with someone else! Twentysomething Elise is also in a troubled marriage, stuck with the man her wealthy parents chose for her. Now that he has a pregnant mistress, he seems willing to go to drastic lengths to take Elise out of the picture.
Though each of them wound up at the summerhouse for separate reasons, it’s not long before they begin to open up about their regrets, their wishes and their dreams. And when they’re presented with the opportunity of a lifetime—a chance to right the wrongs of their past—all three discover what can happen when dreams really do come true.
A heartfelt, magical tale, As You Wish is a shining example of Jude Deveraux’s enchanting storytelling that will charm longtime fans and delight a new generation of readers.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Deveraux's pleasant latest in the Summerhouse series (after Return to Summerhouse) follows three women who meet through a mysterious therapist and bond over disappointing marriages and wasted years. After a loveless first marriage, Olivia, 60ish and widowed, has finally married Kit, her one true love. Elise's controlling parents arranged her marriage to Kent, a man with a jealous mistress. Kathy has the perfect husband on paper, but he wants a divorce. Chance brings the trio together as weekend housemates in a quaint Virginia cottage where Dr. Hightower, a therapist, gives them an opportunity to rewrite their past with help from Madame Zoya and her magic time-travel powers. Each woman can choose any three weeks from the past to revisit, while retaining full knowledge of the present, and while there she is allowed to make changes that will give her another shot at love. Olivia and Kit rekindle their teenage romance and chart a fresh course; Elise stakes out a new career and is literally swept off her feet by the dashing Alejandro; and Kathy's newfound self-esteem prompts a face-off with her father and spurs a new romance. Each journey satisfies their common goal: "Change the man, change your life." Deveraux's charming novel has likable characters and life-affirming second chances galore.
Customer Reviews
As You Wish
Good but the ending was very strange to me. What a concept to be able to just go back in time. What a joy that would be.
Pretty bad so far.
Can't imagine going any further with this book.
As you wish
I’m turning 70 later year and identify with Olivia. The regrets, guilt & how to accept & deal with.
I have 4 daughters 2 married, 1 divorced & 1 unmarried.
I appreciated reading about Kathy & Elise. My oldest’s middle name is Elise. They are all in their 40’s.
Thank you for this book’s examples & how we can change ourselves.
I know it’s a romance novel but to me was much more.