Feels Like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey – a Review

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Description:
It’s summertime on the North Carolina coast and the livin’ is easy.

Unless, that is, you’ve just lost your mother to cancer, your sister to her extremist husband, and your husband to his executive assistant. Meet Gray Howard. Right when Gray could use a serious infusion of good karma in her life, she inadvertently gets a stranger, Diana Harrington, fired from her job at the local pharmacy.

Diana Harrington’s summer isn’t off to the greatest start either: Hours before losing her job, she broke up with her boyfriend and moved out of their shared house with only a worn-out Impala for a bed. Lucky for her, Gray has an empty guest house and a very guilty conscience.

With Gray’s kindness, Diana’s tide begins to turn. But when her first love returns, every secret from her past seems to resurface all at once. And, as Gray begins to blaze a new trail, she discovers, with Diana’s help, that what she envisioned as her perfect life may not be what she wants at all.

Review:

Feels Like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey is a wonderful fun and emotional stand-alone novel revolving around two women, and their family and friends.

Gray Howard, one of our wonderful heroines, is a very successful business women, who started her own company years before, becoming very wealthy along the way.  Gray is in the midst of getting a divorce from her husband (who also works for the company), who left her for a younger woman; they have a young son, and are currently fighting over terms of the divorce, with him wanting half of the business that Gray started.  Gray has some great friends that support her during this difficult time.

Diana Harrington, the second and equally wonderful heroine, is coming off a recent breakup with her boyfriend, and loses her job.  Diana is struggling to make ends meet; she is in dire straits, with no job or home, distant family, and sleeps in her car.  She meets Gray, who happened be there when Diana lost her job.   When Gray sees Diana sleeping in her car, she offers her a place to stay at her guest house, and a fantastic friendship begins.   I loved both Diana and Gray, who were so supportive of each other, and the banter between them was awesome.  I did love Gray’s best friend Marcy and her partner Trey, too. The friendship between these two women, as well as the female friends for both Gray and Diana made this such a wonderful fun, as well as emotional read.

Diana accepts a job taking care of Gray’s son, cooking for the family and being a perfect friend as well as employee.  Later, she will meet someone from the past, who comes back into her life, as well as opening up to reconcile with her family.

Gray recently lost her mother, and her sister is distant, leaving her to utilize her friends for support. Gray originally hated Brooke, her ex’s young girlfriend, but later on things change, surprisingly, as the heated relationship between her and her ex improves.  When Gray takes her son for a tennis lesson, she meets the handsome tennis teacher, who shows an interest in her.  A slow build romance between Gray her hot young hunk, with her trying to keep it private, knowing nothing can come from any possible permanent relationship.

Feels Like Falling was a fabulous heartwarming story of friendship, love, forgiveness, heartache and absolute fun as we enjoy the camaraderie of these wonderful supportive friends that make life better for all.  Thank you, Kristy Woodson Harvey for a wonderful story that I enjoyed thoroughly.  You should be reading Feels Like Falling.

Reviewed by Barb

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