Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
A plucky widow struggles to get back on her feet in Hunter's affecting latest (after Before We Were Us). For the past five years, high school teacher Maggie Reynolds has been raising her young daughter, Zoey, alone as she mourns her husband Ethan, who died overseas while serving in the military. She's been grateful for the support of her in-laws, and now that she's "officially ready" for a new relationship, she asks Ethan's brother Josh for help finding dates. Josh has been secretly into Maggie since they were teenagers and balks at the request. Before he can confess his feelings, however, Maggie spots a man she's sure is Ethan at a local carnival. After the pair track down the doppelgänger and uncover his surprising links to Ethan, Maggie questions what she thought she knew about her husband and prays for the strength to start over. Despite a plot that leans a bit too hard on far-fetched coincidences, Hunter paints a sympathetic, resonant character portrait of Maggie as she seeks to keep the memory of her ex alive without letting it ruin the possibility of a brighter future. Readers in the mood for a sweet second-chance romance with a twist will be delighted. (Apr.)
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