What If?

I got my official first round of edits back yesterday and because I only get paid once I finish this book, I'm going to be scarce around here. 

(And did I mention we're going to have to sandwich in a move shortly, too?) 

(Ha!  No stress here!)

Anyway, if you're looking for an enthralling read in the interim, why not check out my friend Allison Winn Scotch's new book Time of My Life that comes out today?

Here's the synopsis from her website:

From the outside view, Jillian Westfield has a pitch-perfect life.  Her cherubic 18-month old daughter, her wildly successful investment banker husband, a four bedroom, five bath, lemon-scented home with landscaping and neighbors to match.  But that doesn't stop her from mulling over the past, from pushing away the "what ifs" that haunt her when she allows them to seep into her consciousness.  What if she hadn't married Henry?  What if she hadn't abandoned her job at the first sign of pregnancy?  What if she'd never broken up with Jackson?  What if she answered her mother's letter?  Because underneath the shiny veneer of her life, Jill waddles around in a faltering marriage, brewing resentment, and an air of discontentedness.

But after an ethereal massage in which her therapist releases her blocked chi, she wakes up to discover that she's been whisked seven years back, back to her old life, her old self, back to the moments in which she made decisions that charted her future course.  And now that she's back, she's faced with the same roadblocks and obstacles, on this time, armed with hindsight, she can choose a different path and finally lay to rest all of her "what ifs."

Time of My Life is much more than a story about a real life desperate housewife.  Instead, it speaks to so many of our tiny, lingering doubts, the same doubts that send us googling old friends and exes or wistfully pulling out pictures of days gone by.  And through Jillian's journey, in which she rediscovers the mother who abandoned her, reacquaints herself with the strengths she once deemed important, and may literally rewrite her future, we all get a chance to peek inside the windows of our own "what its," and consider if the path we took was the one that has granted us the most happiness. 

I read this book earlier this year and I can't recommend it highly enough.  I'm such a fan of "what if?" stories like Sliding Doors and 13 Going on 30, so this was a huge treat.

Enjoy and see you in a few weeks!