By: Jane Porter Publisher: 5 Spot Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Format: Bargain Price Label: 5 Spot Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 368 Publication Date: July 13, 2006
Product Description: Im Jacqueline LaurensJack to all my friendsand eighteen months ago if you looked at my life on paper youd think it was fabulous: gorgeous husband Daniel, venture capitalist, eleven years married, two kids, big house. The not so good part? I discovered Daniels affair at the worst possible time.Now Jacks ex-husband has the second house and the Porsche, while shes got the two kids and a whopping broken heart. Her best friends antidote: a spontaneous girls weekend to Hawaii. But when the flu ruins their plans, Jack finds herself facing her 40th birthday in paradisealone. Then she meets Kai, a sexy, much much-younger surf instructor, who reawakens her fun side. Surprisingly, after their sizzling weekend ends, the calls continue, making everyone back home wonder what Jacks gotten herself into. Now, pulled in all directions, a surprise forces her to reevalute her life, but will she sacrifice her happy new relationship for what other people think is right?
Can't wait to get another J.P.'s book! I simply love this book!, it's hard to put it down once you start reading. I'm almost ready to start with "The frog prince", thank you Ms.Porter!!!!
Great! Will get you thinking! Jane Porter's writing has a way of putting you right inside the head of the main character. Brutally honest, sometimes laugh out loud funny, she gets you thinking about the choices we make in life and where they lead us. Fun stuff about surfing, lots of local Oahu scenery. Great book!
Great Insights FLIRTING WITH FORTY should be a light, fluffy story -- but it's not.
It turns out to be a book of great insight.
When the heroine leaves her husband, their divorce impacts every relationship she has within their long-set social circle. Fairly or not, her friends are judgmental.
And, when she takes a much younger lover, they all but attempt an intervention. Collectively, they feel that her "inappropriate" behavior is of more concern to them as third parties than her happiness would be.
Predictably, then, the heroine becomes conflicted about this new relationship. Author Jane Porter does an excellent job of exploring her emotional journey.
FLIRTY WITH FORTY is not an insubstantial romance novel. It's a serious novel about a romance.
Chick Lit But A Little Deeper This was really great book. It was kind of chick lit but deeper and dealing with more issues. It's very eye opening to the aftermath of divorce and what is does to woman. Also it really tackles the subject of how sometimes women "lose themselves" to becoming a wife, mother, friend, that they lose much of the essence of what makes them unique.
I liked Jacky's character because I related to her "thinking too much" and rediscovering that sweetness that comes with meeting someone new. It isn't a Hollywood happily ever after story...there is a lot of stuff to deal with. Much like life.
Great beach read! I am a big fan of Jane Porter! This is such a fun book with great characters (it's even being made into a Lifetime movie this Decemeber). What I really loved was the ending didn't turn out the way I expected! There's nothing worse than reading a book that is so predictable. That is something you will not find here!
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