NOT QUITE FOREVER, Catherine Bybee's latest offering in
her
NOT QUITE series, is "quite" wonderful. The
author's
apparent love of writing seems to channel through her
heroine, Dakota Laurens. Dakota is a romance novelist and
when we see her delight in research and observation of
other people, I think we are seeing the delight of
Catherine Bybee as well. This is what makes this story so
realistic and such a page turner.
Dakota is a free spirit who writes extremely
popular books. She is financially secure, travels all over
on book tours and conventions, and pretty much does what
she wants. The dilemma is that Dakota, a woman who writes
romances, has no romance in her life.
Enter Dr. Walt Eddy, a traveling humanitarian
physician who is always on the move and has no time for a
personal life. Or does he?
Finish out the mix with an array of friends, two
sets of parents who vehemently disapprove of Dakota and
Walt being together, and all sorts of other complications.
Bybee's knowledge of writing and publishing is shown in a
fascinating and entertaining way as we follow Dakota
around
her life. Dakota's witty and acerbic remarks are what make
NOT QUITE FOREVER a delight to read. I hope Catherine
Bybee is "not quite" finished writing this series. I look
forward to more.
The touching and heartwarming fourth novel in the wildly popular Not Quite series from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee. Romance author Dakota Laurens believes that happily-ever-afters exist only between the covers of her sexy novels. But to her surprise, she finds a real-life hero when she meets a handsome emergency room doctor. The outspoken author feels an instant and intense attraction to Dr. Walt Eddy, and the feeling is mutual. When the globetrotting doctor pulls a disappearing act on Dakota, she’s prepared to write him off…until fate brings a blindsiding twist to her story. Still scarred from a past tragedy, Walt may have disappeared on Dakota, but now he’s determined to win her back. For the first time in years, he knows he’s ready for a new chance at love. Yet between Dakota’s doubts and two sets of meddling parents, can the once-blissful couple finally create the bright, loving future they desperately want?