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Last week I had the chance to share a recommendation for a book I thoroughly enjoyed - Irene Zutell’s “Pieces of Happily Ever After.” And now I’m pleased to announce a contest to win a copy. The best part? The winner will receive a signed copy of this lovely novel from Irene herself. You know how my contests work. In five words - no more, no less - tell me what a piece of happily ever after means to you. Please leave your five-word thought in the comments below. Winner gets the book!

By their nature affairs are designed to be dissatisfying. They scratch an itch that can’t fully be scratched. That’s why they’re a tricky proposition in fiction too. How do you write a satisfying ending in an affair novel? Which relationship do you break up and at what cost? Most affair novels opt for an easy way out – no one gets caught or someone gets caught but then she’s pregnant by her husband so all is forgiven. Lauren Fox’s Still Life with Husband doesn’t take the easy way out. Fox uncovers a fresh ending and a new twist to the affair story, one that is uniquely rewarding for the reader, especially because of the fine writing in which it’s wrapped.

What if you could do it all over again? Or maybe just the last seven years? The what-if promise is a tantalizing one for many of us; Allison Winn Scotch breathes fresh insight into what might happen when you get your “what if” in “Time of My Life.” A young suburban mom, Jillian Westfield can’t stop wondering what happened to the one who got away. Then one day she doesn’t have to wonder. She gets to find out because she wakes up seven years in her past with the chance to figure out what went wrong, what went right, and which path to choose. Scotch keeps you wishing and wanting different outcomes for Jillian with every twist and turn of this story – that’s the brilliance in “Time of My Life,” because getting what we think we want isn’t always what we want.