Ramblings of a Book Lunatic: My Real by Mallory Grant with Giveaway & Review

Friday, January 10, 2014

My Real by Mallory Grant with Giveaway & Review

Shattered, betrayed, and divorced, Bailey James has been burned by the only man she’s ever loved. Bailey wants nothing more than to spend her summer off from teaching alone reading in her oversized pajamas and eating chocolate. Love is nowhere on her radar, until her best friend drags her out to celebrate her new bachelorette status. Humiliated, destroyed, and broken. Andrew Cooper is in search of something real. He's tired of living with a fake woman and her demands. However, his ex-wife won't let go and take the hint that he can no longer love a manipulative, cheating woman. Running into old college crush, Bailey James, has Andrew believing that he's finally found something real--something worth fighting for. Andrew needs to convince Bailey that they can be together and love happily ever after and break free from their broken pasts. But will his jealous ex-wife and Bailey's fear of revealing her secret ruin their chance for becoming each other’s real?

My Review: 4 1/2 stars

This was such a good book. I loved that Bailey and Andrew found each other again. Initially I was heartbroken for Bailey, but the night that she ran back into Andrew changed that. They had known each other in college, only to marry and divorce other people. That was one lucky woman, and one determined man. They both had to get past their own pasts, in order to be ready for their future. They also had to deal with Bailey's ex-best friend and Andrew's ex-wife, Jessica, who was a royal bitch. The two things that Andrew and Bailey had going for them were their feelings for each other that continued to grow, and Andrew's daughter Emerson. Bailey's bestie Ella and Andrew's bestie Jake also play a part in Andrew and Bailey's coming together. They were great support all around once Ella and Jake got to know each other. This was a very well written story that had warm, caring characters (for the most part) and made you just feel all warm and fuzzy with all the love.

Mallory Grant is a wife, mother of two, an avid reader, and educator. She's from a small town in Pennsylvania and likes to pretend she's a runner but really only likes to wear yoga pants and only runs when the chocolate starts to hit her thighs.