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To the Beach and Back

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A lonely divorcee in her 50s finds happiness, unlikely friendship ... and love at the place she hates the most: the beach.

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According to Google, it takes an average of one to two years to recover from a divorce, regardless of who wanted to end the marriage.

Marcie Jacobs is nearing the 2.5 years mark.

She didn't want it and certainly hasn't recovered, especially now that her ex-husband, Nick, is dating Allyse, a beautiful thirty-year-old who is everything she's not: Thin, young, adventurous, and a total beach lover.

When Nick suggests they sell their shared beach house and spend their summer vacation together fixing it up ... just the two of them, Marcie-a total beach hater, agrees, feeling a glimmer of reconciliation hope. To her shock and horror, however, it's not Nick who shows up.

It's Allyse.

Despite their differences , the two women make a friendship pact for the next two weeks while they fix up the beach house and Marcie discovers what she's really been missing: Friendship.

And somewhere along the way, she also finds love. 

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©2021 by Sidney Brooks/Laura Bowers. All rights reserved. Plagiarism is illegal and punishable by law.All Rights Reserved

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