They've been best friends since college. Their dream to take a trip to Paris in the spring. Unfortunately, life seems to always get in the way. Jenna Boltz was looking forward to being an empty nester. Maureen Zelinski has walled off her heart. Their plan is to go to Paris like they tried to in college. What happens when life gets in the way and an empty house doesn't go as planned? It's looking out from the WINDOW ON THE BAY.
Jenna Boltz's last child has left for college. She's celebrating by getting together with her best friend Maureen Zelinski to watch their favorite movie and finally plan the trip they were going to take to Paris their senior year of college before life got in the way. Also, her family and friends want her to start dating again. Can she make room in her life to do what she wants and find time to think about love again?
Maureen has a man that she's been giving book recommendations to when he comes into the library. Logan is a construction worker and the exact opposite of Maureen. He irritates her by teasing her. But she can't stop thinking about him.
Debbie Macomber's new style of writing in the first person but from different perspectives is heartwarming, happy, and emotionally-charged from beginning to end. These two woman work through the past to realize that they can have the future they dream of. A stoplight mentality to dating shows some humor and how high their standards are. It also shows how the past has affected how they look at new relationships. As always Debbie Macomber shows you love helps heal love wounds.
When a single mom becomes an "empty nester," she spreads her wings to rediscover herself--and her passions--in this heartwarming novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Jenna Boltz's life is at a crossroads. She's spent the last twenty years raising her two children on her own, and she loves her job as a Seattle ICU nurse. But now that she's officially an "empty nester," Jenna can't help but wonder what her future holds. When her kids, Paul and Allie, and her dear friend Maura push her to begin dating again, Jenna is skeptical. Will she ever find the "we'll always have Paris" kind of love that she's always yearned for? Enter Dr. Rowan Lancaster, who saves the day when Jenna's elderly mother suffers an accident in her home. Though he keeps to himself, Jenna can't help but notice his kindness--he, on the other hand, is immediately smitten with her. Still fearing a romantic relationship, she insists they remain friends--until she realizes that he may be more worthy of a Paris experience than she thought. But one day, when her children approach her with shocking news, Jenna begins to question everything. Learning to put herself first again, Jenna realizes that believing in love can take us beyond our wildest dreams.
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