Dianna Friedman never expected her husband to leave her. After over twenty years of marriage, she’s making the most of what she has left–a sarcastic near-grown son and a mountain of bills that just keeps growing. She’s in over her head, but determined to survive. Until a man knocks at her door with a proposal to bring their spouses to justice.
Everyone else may have seen it coming, but Paul O’Connell was blindsided by his wife’s betrayal. Determined to prevent her from bleeding him dry in their divorce, he turns to the only person he thinks can help him: the wife of the other man.
Dianna and Paul start as unexpected allies, but become fast friends…and maybe more—although neither of them can admit their growing dependence on the other. When Dianna’s life takes an unexpected twist, she and Paul must reevaluate everything…including what they really mean to each other.
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Review
Review for Friends Without Benefits: A stranger can be abroken heart's best friend.
Dianna Friedman isn't a spunky Stonehill heroine who facesher troubles with snark: she's real. She cries, she falls behind on her bills,she breaks coffee mugs--sometimes full ones.After catching her husband with another woman, Dianna stress eats, dragsherself to yoga with friends, and finds herself in a most unusual newfriendship: with the ex-husband of the woman who she'd found bent over herhusband's desk.
What makes this story so compelling is how much there is ofme, of you, of each of us in Dianna.We've been there, we've felt it, we've struggled. We've had dreams tornwide open. We've been forced to contemplate which of our choices will lead tothe least amount of pain. And in the end, we do find second chances...if we'restrong enough to grow past the choices that led us down that road in the firstplace.
Friends Without Benefits brings life's complexitiesliterally into our kitchen, our bedrooms, our bank accounts. Through Dianna wesee how a family falling apart can emerge in new, and yes, even better,configurations. Poignant, true, and sharp, Friends Without Benefits is therich, engaging story of how the very things we believe will destroy us can trulyreveal the best of who we are.
Jeanne DeVita-editor
About the Author
As a teen, Marci Bolden skipped over young adult books and jumped right into reading romance novels. She never left. Marci lives in the Midwest with her husband, kiddos, and numerous rescue pets. If she had an ounce of willpower, Marci would embrace healthy living, but until cupcakes and wine are no longer available at the local market, she will appease her guilt by reading self-help books and promising to join a gym "soon."