Marissa wants more
than anything to have a baby. It’s hard for her working in a crisis
pregnancy center seeing all the women pregnant even if they didn’t
want to be. She and her husband, Colin, have tried so hard to get
pregnant that it has affected their sex life and their marriage.
Colin, a professor,
started having an affair with a student as a release from the
pressures of his marriage. Kaitlyn is desperately in love with him.
She doesn’t realize he’s married and dreams that he loves her
enough to marry her when she finds she’s pregnant. Kaitlyn knows
Marissa, but doesn’t realize she’s Colin’s wife. When Marissa
suggests that she visit the pregnancy center where Marissa works,
Kaitlyn finally begins to think she’ll survive this crisis.
The story is told
from three viewpoints: Marissa, Colin, and Kaitlyn. Marissa’s is
first person, the other two are third person. All three characters
come alive in their portrayals of their problems. Marissa seems the
most wronged, but she isn’t without responsibility for her
situation. She desperately wants to be pregnant and doesn’t accept
the toll it is taking on her relationship with Colin. What Colin did
is wrong. It’s not clear he loves Kaitlyn. She was fun and a chance
to get away from the pressures of his marriage.
I found Kaitlyn
naive for a woman approaching thirty. She may not realize Colin is
married, but she does realize as a Christian that having an affair is
wrong. She gives herself and expects the result will be marriage not
an unwanted pregnancy.
I recommend this
book. It is well written. The characters are believable and the
ending has a surprising twist. It’s a cautionary tale for husbands
and wives allowing problems to come between them. It’s also a book
for single women expecting to win a man by giving their body and
expecting it to result in marriage.
I received this book
from Barbour Publishing for this review.
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