Love, Me

Saunders sparkles in her emotional second-chance romance debut. After Rachel Miller’s husband Dan sells the “mushy” love letters sent to her by her high school boyfriend Jack Bellow, now a movie star, to a tabloid to get out from under a massive gambling debt that Rachel didn’t know about, her orderly world is thrown into chaos. A mother of two and a successful lawyer in pricey Westchester County, N.Y., Rachel is blindsided by Dan’s betrayal. Then Jack reaches out to see how she’s handling her unwanted 15 minutes of fame. The pair go to dinner in Manhattan, reunited for the first time in nearly two decades—and when paparazzi snap their goodbye hug, the media frenzy only intensifies. Still, seeing Jack again helps Rachel realize that her marriage has been on the rocks for longer than she’d care to admit. She faces a choice: work to resuscitate her marriage or try again with her first love. Saunders keeps readers guessing which it’ll be up to the very end while drawing them in with snappy prose and skillful characterization. Flashbacks to Rachel and Jack’s early relationship make it especially easy to invest in their connection. This should win Saunders plenty of fans. (Jan.)