Second Chances
by Sandra Hill
How many times in your life have you wished for a do-over? How many times have you said, “If only…” with regard to some past event, or person? Does your heart ever ache at the thought of a second chance to do something differently? If only we could turn back the clock!
Sometimes it involves carelessly spoken words that wounded. Or words not spoken that should have been. Or a poor choice of career…or even a spouse. Wasted time, lost years. Desertion. Betrayal. Or lost love.
The heart aches at the finality of some of our actions. If only…, if only…, if only…
It’s a favorite theme in many books and movies, sometimes with satisfying conclusions, other times the sorrow of lost chances. The movies “An Affair to Remember,” “The Way We Were,” “The Notebook,” or “Casablanca.” Or how about Scarlett in GONE WITH THE WIND? Wouldn’t she have liked to turn back the clock? One of my favorite examples is Diane Gabaldon’s OUTLANDER. When Claire returns to the future, she thinks Jamie is dead. What a fabulous plot angle when Claire discovers twenty-some years later that Jamie never died in the Battle of Culloden, and she goes back to find him. <sigh>
Second Chances! That’s what happens in HEART CRAVING. Poor Nick DiCello, a Trenton cop, has only one week until his divorce from his wife Paula become final. He loves Paula desperately, but he’s made so many mistakes. He has to do something, though. Clueless about where to start, Nick goes to a wacky fortune teller for advice. She tells him to find his wife’s “heart craving,” but Nick hears only the word “craving” and thinks she refers to sexual fantasies. What ensues is Nick’s hilarious, but poignant, and dare I say erotic, setup of a series of sexual events to woo Paula back.
I love novels about couples who have a broken relationship and somehow find their way back to each other. They know how to push each other’s buttons, in all ways. The hurts are deep; for that reason, the reunions are that much more emotional when they get another chance to change.
In my own personal life, there are so many things I wish I could do over. How about you? Well, in books, we get that chance.
Sandra Hill is an award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 40 romantic humor novels. Whether they be contemporary, historical, or paranormal, the underlying theme in all of them is humor…and sizzle. For more information about her books, check out her website at www.sandrahill.net or her Facebook page at Sandra Hill Author.
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