Tempting Fate by Jane Green

I saw Jane Green on the Today show talking about her new book Tempting Fate and the premise intrigued me.  She talked about how it is not always the man who has the affair and not many books had been written about when the woman makes the mistake of having the affair.  Ms. Green explained about how when some women turn 40 - it becomes "pots and pans" and they quit feeling attractive so any attention they get just feels great.  So I started this book yesterday and finished at 1:30 am last night!!

Tempting Fate drew me in from the beginning - a bunch of forty something gals out-on-the-town for a girl's night out.  The main character, Gabby, is not having a good time and is surprised about how much the girl's are flirting.  When a handsome younger man starts talking to her, she is so amazed and has so much fun talking with him.  As this relationship develops, I just want to smack her and wake her up to what she is doing.  I could so relate to Gabby and her feelings of not liking being "middle- aged" and how nice it would be to have someone else pay attention to you - (and I have an absolutely terrific husband!).

I would love for our book club to read Tempting Fate when it comes out in trade paperback - I think it would be a great discussion book about aging, marriages, girl's night out, flirting, friendly emails, etc.  I would absolutely recommend this book and give it 5 stars.


From Amazon:

From Jane Green, the New York Times bestselling author of such beloved novels as Jemima J, The Beach House, Another Piece of My Heart, comes an enthralling and emotional story about how much we really understand the temptations that can threaten even the most idyllic of relationships….

Gabby and Elliott have been happily married for eighteen years. They have two teenaged daughters. They have built a life together. Forty-three year old Gabby is the last person to have an affair. She can’t relate to the way her friends desperately try to cling to the beauty and allure of their younger years…And yet, she too knows her youth is quickly slipping away. She could never imagine how good it would feel to have a handsome younger man show interest in her—until the night it happens. Matt makes Gabby feel sparkling, fascinating, alive—something she hasn't felt in years. What begins as a long-distance friendship soon develops into an emotional affair as Gabby discovers her limits and boundaries are not where she expects them to be. Intoxicated, Gabby has no choice but to step ever deeper into the allure of attraction and attention, never foreseeing the life-changing consequences that lie ahead. If she makes one wrong move she could lose everything—and find out what really matters most.

A heartfelt and complex story, Tempting Fate will have readers gripped until they reach the very last page, and thinking about the characters long after they put the book down.