Love-Lines by Sheri Langer is a story about second chances or third chances at finding love. No matter what age you are. The main character, Fordham Price a woman in her forties, who is trying to make life work after a divorce, raising her ten-year-old daughter, working a full-time job, and trying to date.

Fordham Price

She is our main character and the one that we follow throughout the book. Fordham is trying to be a good mom to her ten-year-old daughter, Whitney, but sometimes she has to work long hours so that she can afford the stuff that her daughter wants. This is always a hard thing, and Fordham is torn down the middle. She is trying to date, as well. For Fordham, that isn't easy at all.

What I like about Fordham is that she is a good mom and anyone can see that as she tries to put her daughter first. That isn't easy for her since putting money into the bank is also very important since her ex-husband isn't helping her at all. She is taking everything in strides, and then her boss throws her this new opportunity of being an editor.

The loves

Fordham's love life is very complicated.

Her first love throughout high school was Aaron. He was her first love and good for her back when she was a teen, but it isn't right now. He wasn't hers to have once he went away.

Fordham had a college boyfriend, Joe. They were casually dating until she meant her ex-husband.

Gil was right for her until he wasn't. She is still dealing with that break up a bit throughout the book until she figured out that she is "worth it" without him. Fordham needed to get her confidence back.

Then there is her "Prince Charming" that she hasn't met but fell head or heels for him.

Four stars

Love-Lines by Sheri Langer is my first book by this author. I was a bit worried when it was pretty slow at the beginning of the story, but it did pick up. Other than that it was a great book that I am giving it a four-star rating. I am recommending it to all Romance readers out there.

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This review was originally posted on Baroness' Book Trove

chymerra

Written on Feb 19, 2019

I will admit, when I read the blurb for Love-Lines, I wasn’t that impressed with it. I thought that this book was going to be one of those silly rom-com type of romances. I thought that I was going to read a book that had little substance. Don’t get me wrong, I like those types of books. But I also like books with a little more meat. So, I was surprised when I started reading Love-Lines and it wasn’t all fluff. There was meat to it!!

I wasn’t expecting to connect with Fordham the way I did. I didn’t know what I was expecting with Fordham’s character. Having her as a frazzled working mother who’s experiences in dating was normal made me love her. She was realistic. She was snarky. I loved her!!

While Fordham was great, it was the secondary characters that made this book sing. Whitty, her 10-year-old, was the epitome of every 10-year old that I have met. Her mother was sweet and sassy. Plus she was supportive of Fordham. I will admit that I didn’t like Aaron. I loved David. There were so many other gems in this book, it was hard to keep track of them.

I liked the main storylines of Love-Lines. The author did a fantastic job of keeping them separate until the middle of the book. Then she was able to merge them. I loved it. I do wish that I got more insight into what an editor does. I got a good feel for it here but I do wish a little more depth was given. I also felt that the way Fordham got the job was not that great.

What I enjoyed the most about this book was that it made me laugh. I had several laugh out loud moments while reading. Mainly centered around Fordham’s dating life. Her date with the much younger man cracked me up. As did her observances afterward.

I liked the romances that Fordham found herself in. I will admit, I didn’t like Aaron. He came across as too smarmy. Plus, the way he treated Whitty wasn’t right. David was perfect. Of course, there were some misconceptions that lasted until the end of the book. Even then, he was awesome about clearing them up!!

Speaking about the end of the book, I loved it!! I had a huge grin after reading it. Let’s say that things ended perfectly for Fordham!!