AUSTRALIAN MADE
It Started with a Kiss - Lisa Heidke (2015)
Friday Jones is blindsided when her husband, Liam, decides he wants to take a break from their marriage. Although he still keeps in contact with their two teenage daughters, the radio producer moves in with his bachelor brother Brad, and pursues his stand-up comedy dream. When Friday, a naturopath, heads off to regroup at a spa retreat, she certainly isn't expecting to find herself attracted to someone else. And with her friend, Rosie, signing her up for a dating website, soon Friday has more men on her plate than she can handle. This continues Heidke's tradition of writing about women reaching a crossroads in their lives and provides a snapshot of a couple in crisis - caused by the wear and tear of domestic life. Fairly entertaining, fairly predictable.
It Started With a Kiss by Lisa Heidke, is about how sometimes heartbreak can lead to a much happier life. The summary says: "After the pain of her marriage breakup, Friday Jones makes some major blunders - from a misguided affair to online dating disasters. But can heartbreak actually be the best thing that ever happened to her? Friday Jones is distraught when Liam, her husband of nearly twenty years and the father of their teenage daughters, tells her their marriage is over. Still heartbroken many months later, Friday is deeply flattered when a funny, handsome man takes an interest in her. From their very first kiss, Friday finds it difficult to control her attraction for him despite numerous warning signals. When Friday's best friend, Rosie, discovers Friday is risking further emotional pain she convinces her to end the relationship and join a dating website. But not long after Friday dives into the world of online romance she takes a couple of wrong turns. Could one of her flings have become a little too obsessed with her? And has the time come to step back and take a good look at where she's going in life?" It Started With a Kiss is out in January 2015.