When her longtime boyfriend Hugh proposes on national television to an anonymous female, 36 year old Genie panics and lets her family, friends, and co-workers believe that she was the target of the proposal and starts living a double life of her own. Under the guise of a bride-to-be, Genie blossoms, gaining the self-confidence to move in the right direction regarding her career, housing situation, and even her love life.This is classic chick lit, light and fluffy, but oh, so fun to read. Despite being lightweight, Strohmeyer weaves an enjoyable tale interspersed with characters that readers should be able to identify and empathize with.
Readers who enjoyed this book may also like these fiction titles: A Mile in My Flip-Flops by Melody Carlson, Waterbrook Press, 2008. Another light and fun read about a young woman who embarks on an enterprise as a house flipper after being dumped. Daring Chloe by Laura Jensen Walker, Zondervan, 2008. When cautious Chloe's fiance backs out the day before the wedding her girlfriends convince her to take the honeymoon anyways--with them. This jump starts Chloe's transformation from a girl afraid to take risks into a girl who is willing to risk anything, including her heart again.
Readers who enjoyed this book may also like these non-fiction titles: Why there are no Good Men Left: the Romantic Plight of the New Single Woman by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Broadway, 2003. Whitehead explains why independent, professional, and highly-independent women find it so difficult to find the perfect mate. Five Men who Broke my Heart: a Memoir by Susan Shapiro, Delacorte, 2004. Although happily married, author Shapiro was in a mid-life funk as she approached her 40th birthday, resulting in her embarkment on a humorous journey to track down her former boyfriends.
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