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Cure For The Common Breakup - Beth Kendrick (2014)

Summer Benson is a flight attendant dating a handsome and charming pilot. Summer's rules have always involved not being with one man for too long and not putting down any permanent roots. Immediately after takeoff, her co-worker announces that Summer's boyfriend has a diamond ring and is going to propose to Summer in Paris. Instead of being overjoyed, she finds herself wanting to grab the nearest oxygen mask. Rationalising the idea of being someone's wife is occupying Summer's mind until a passenger screams "fire" and Summer sees her life flash before her eyes. The plane crashes and Summer wakes up in a hospital with her handsome pilot boyfriend at her side. Instead of a romantic proposal, he dumps her. After discharging herself from the hospital, Summer ends up in a sleepy Delaware beach town. After a life of travelling, she finds herself falling in love with the small town. Its preppy mayor Dutch Jansen is definitely not Summer's type. She knows not to get involved with him but her heart keeps drawing her further into his world. Summer's impact on the small town is immediate and she quickly becomes one of the locals. But just as she gets close to putting down permanent roots, Summer finds herself with an impossible decision. While the premise of someone checking themselves out of a hospital after surviving a plane crash with major injuries was completely unrealistic, the novel is a fun light read with likeable characters. (AO)


Cure for the Common Breakup, by Beth Kendrick, is a spin-off of The Week Before the Wedding. (Summer was Emily's maid of honour.) The summary says: "Welcome to Black Dog Bay, a tiny seaside town in Delaware known as 'the best place in America to bounce back from your breakup.' Home to the Better Off Bed-and-Breakfast, the Eat Your Heart Out bakery, and the Whinery bar, Black Dog Bay offers a haven for the suddenly single. Flight attendant Summer Benson lives by two rules: Don't stay with the same man for too long and never stay in one place. She's about to break rule number one by considering accepting her boyfriend's proposal - then disaster strikes and her world is shattered in an instant. Summer heads to Black Dog Bay, where the locals welcome her. Even Hattie Huntington, the town's oldest, richest, and meanest resident, likes her enough to give her a job. Then there's Dutch Jansen, the rugged, stoic mayor, who's the opposite of her type. She probably shouldn't be kissing him. She definitely shouldn't be falling in love. After a lifetime of globe-trotting, Summer has finally found a home. But Hattie has old scores to settle and a hidden agenda for her newest employee. Summer finds herself faced with an impossible choice: Leave Black Dog Bay behind forever, or stay with the ones she loves and cost them everything...." Cure for the Common Breakup is out in May 2014.

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