"First book in a series about Second Chances wedding shop."

When Andrew accepts the job his friend and mentor offers to go undercover and write articles for a magazine about the real workings of a woman, he has no idea how to go about it or how hard it's going to be. That is, until he accepts a position as receptionist at Second Chances, a new company getting started by four real women with real problems. He just has to pretend he's gay.

When Jo, Lily and Sarah get together to look at wedding dresses for their college friend Elaine's upcoming wedding, the three bridesmaids know they have to step in and help. What starts out as helping a friend arrange a simple, yet elegant, second wedding turns into a new business for the four women -- Second Chances. Although Jo doesn't want to move back to her home town, she knows she has to. She's lost everything she worked for over the past 20 years because of a man she loved since high school.

When it looks like the business is going to go belly-up before it even gets started, Andrew knows he has to come clean. The downfall of Second Chances is his fault and he's starting to have feelings for one his bosses. But he won't say anything until after the plan he's set in motion is complete and Second Chances is underway.

This book is the first in a series, and it's a great story about relationships and friendship. I think every woman can relate to one or two of the characters.

Reviewed by Tammie Ard
Posted January 14, 2005

Summary

Can love, romance, and marriage really be better the second time around? That's what four best friends are about to find out in Jean Stone's sexy, smart, and poignantly funny new novel about saying "I do" all over again. It's an idea just crazy enough to work--a wedding-planning business tailored for second weddings run by four single best friends who've loved, who've lost, and who are ready to start again. A successful Boston publicist, Jo Lyons has returned to West Hope after a devastating breakup left her career and her heart broken. Now she'll try to pick up the pieces among the three women she knows best. Lily, the fun- loving, free-spirited eternal optimist. Sarah, the strong- willed unconventional artist. Elaine, the would-be domestic diva. It's Elaine's upcoming second marriage that will be the inspiration and test model for their new business, Second Chances. For Jo it just may be an unexpected second chance of a different, far more romantic kind, but only if she's willing to give love--and life--another try.