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One More Time

One More Time, November 2006
Coxwell Family Series - Book 3
by Claire Cross

Berkley
Featuring: Leslie Coxwel; Matt Coxwell
352 pages
ISBN: 0425211983
EAN: 9780425211984
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"An excellent story about missed opportunities."

Fresh Fiction Review

One More Time
Claire Cross

Reviewed by Morgan Chilson
Posted October 20, 2006

Romance Chick-Lit | Romance Contemporary

Matt Coxwell needs something that he's not getting from his wife. After 18 years of marriage, something inside of him wants more. He's not sure more of what -- but he knows there's a part of him that's being stifled and he has to find out the truth about himself. That truth seems tied up with an old girlfriend, a woman who knew all about his artistic side and who pursued her own art. Leslie Coxwell is so busy that it's amazing she even notices that her husband has left. Except there's no coffee. And her routine is messed up. And she's left alone to deal with their 13-year-old daughter, who may as well be speaking a foreign language for as much luck as they have communicating with each other. The big question, though, is whether Matt is coming back, or if he's going to leave her for the old girlfriend. Suddenly, her well-ordered life is falling apart and Leslie is looking for a part of herself that's good at dealing with chaos. I think one of the biggest lessons we learn in life is that you can't go back. Most of us have an old flame who lingers in our heads, who maybe brought out a part of our personality that two decades later we'd like to see breathing again. Is it possible -- could it be possible -- to go back? Matt is trying, searching so hard for that part of himself that's lost. And his search has a huge impact on Leslie, who may not have initiated her time of retrospective, but nonetheless, puts it to good use. An excellent book that makes you think about missed opportunities and whether those opportunities might be waiting right at home.

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SUMMARY

Mild-mannered Matt Coxwell has finally decided that his long-abandoned dreams are worth fighting for. In fact, it's only after he's left his marriage that he realizes he hasn't fought this hard for anything since he fell like a ton of bricks for his wife Leslie- and he'll have his dreams with or without her. But Leslie is also having a tough time. Her job's in jeopardy, her teenage daughter has attitude to spare, and her formidable mother-in-law has moved in unexpectedly. Worse still, Matt has gone to stay with his free-spirited ex-fiancée. But before she gives Matt up, she's going to give her marriage one more chance-and maybe fall in love one more time.


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