Sandra Steffen Ex’s and Oh’s

Ex's and Oh's

Sandra Steffen

Harlequin Next, Feb 2006, $5.50

ISBN: 0373880812

On the day she buried her beloved grandfather Henry O'Shaughnessy, who raised her since her parents died when she was eight, divorce attorney Caroline Moore learns her boyfriend, litigation lawyer Steven Phillips is cheating with his own ex-wife Brenda. Stunned by his betrayal when she needs support, she fails to inform the louse that she is two and a half months pregnant. Instead of returning to work, Caroline needs time to find herself.

She decides to stay at her grandfather's cottage overlooking Lake Michigan, and begins taking barefoot walks like she did as a child. Caroline begins making friends, especially with neighbor Tori and the hunk next door. That is until she learns the guy next door is Tori's ex, and she refuses to become involved with an ex after Steven, though she admits to herself she is attracted and he is nice.

EX'S AND OH'S is an incredibly intense look at a forty three year old woman who faces a mid life crisis between a pregnancy, the death of a beloved relative, and her deep feelings of being alone. The storyline is totally character driven as the audience gets inside the innermost elements of what makes Caroline more or less what she is through her thoughts and self-deprecating asides. Fans of profound character studies with limited action will ooh and ah over Sandra Steffen's reflective work.