Holly Frick has written a great novel. A great novel that's sold less than 500 copies since it's debut which has been quite a while. The male lead is not so loosely based on her ex boyfriend Spence. Of all the readers, Spence's girlfriend Cathleen is one. After finding out that Spence lied to her regarding fidelity, Cathleen gets a hold of Holly and opens a dialog trying to find out more about Spence and why he is the way he is. Spence is Holly's ex before THE ex. Her husband left her because he wanted to date, not ready for married life, or perhaps just married life with Holly.

Holly's best friend Amanda is contemplating an affair on her husband, not thinking much of the consequences for her young son. When Amanda asks Holly to meet Jack, Holly is loathe to go because she cannot condone cheating. Although she's left the Bible belt, it's never left her and she can't wrap her around things like this. Soon however Jack enters Holly's orbit in a different way.

Since being left, Holly's being seeing her friend Betsy's much younger 22 year old brother, who is not content with the status quo and wants to be more for her than her late night call. Another thing that does not sit well with Holly.

Sarah Dunn has a very unique voice and I quite enjoy it. Not the typical chick lit, because you're not expecting the happy endings with characters quite so palpable and real. The characters are not necessarily someone I'd find myself rooting for because they're not really very likable. What they are is identifiable and honest. Some seem to be caricatures of stereotypes which is also highly enjoyable.