Wes and Addie Had Their Chance: A Love Story by Bethany TurnerMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Wes and Addie were small-town childhood sweethearts in Adelaide Springs, Colorado. Then he abruptly walked away from her on their wedding day without a word. Initially heartbroken, Addie joined the Airforce and became an analyst for the CIA where she met her husband Joel. Meanwhile, Wes went into politics under the aegis of his long-last father in Washington and eventually married another girl from their small town a few years younger than Wes and Addie.
Twenty odd years later, Addie's husband is dead, killed in a hush-hush CIA operation so secret that Addie couldn't tell anyone he'd died for eight months and Wes' wife has died of cancer. Addie has returned home to live with her father after leaving the CIA and Wes is the front-runner for next President of the USA, although he would probably not get a single vote in Adelaide Springs after dumping Addie all those years ago.
Wes is on the brink of a massive announcement, he's not going to run for President, and decides to secretly return to Adelaide Springs before breaking the news, not realising that Addie has also returned home ... in fact she drives the taxi that collects him from the airport.
There felt like a lot of dissonance between the blurb and the artwork which both promised a light-hearted rom-com and the reality which was darker and more introspective. Also, this felt like it was part of a series with other couples (and I have just checked and at least one other couple have their own book) so characters had whole back stories which weren't explained and/or their relevance to the story at hand seemed stretched.
Overall, it was okay.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.
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