Diana Hope, 55, is still adjusting to her recent separation when she discovers her ex-husband has just proposed to a woman 30 years younger. Secretly hoping they would reunite, Diana is devastated. She realizes the time has come to reimagine life without him-in fact, to reimagine her life, period.
Devoting the last 30 years of her life to being a dutiful wife and mother and to climbing the corporate ladder, Diana has been relentlessly driven, and has not taken a moment to do anything for herself. Now, the time has come.
Diana never forgot her first boyfriend, who begged her to join him for a year in Europe after college. She had wanted to go so badly, but it had seemed like a wild, romantic idea, and a gap year, she'd thought, would hinder her resume and career. But now, with her daughters grown, her husband gone, and her career no longer fulfilling, Diana realizes it's time for herself-and to take that romantic year in Europe she'd always dreamed of.
Diana prepares to embark on the year of her life, finally turning to her bucket list, hoping to tour the most beautiful sights and sample the most scrumptious cuisines-and maybe, even, to fall in love again. But a year in Europe may have different plans in store for her. Can A-type Diana learn to go with the flow, to be spontaneous, to let down her guard and to learn to truly enjoy life again?
Diana Britton is a successful romance novelist...with a not so successful personal life. At twenty-nine, she can't seem to relate to men her own age. She hates the bar/club scene, thinks modern music is a joke, and truly believes that technology will be the downfall of Western civilization.
David Rossi is an FBI agent with a trail of broken hearts in his past. At fifty-five, he is tired of one-night stands and ten-minute marriages. He's lonely. On a trip to Boston to promote his latest true crime book, David meets Diana.
Will age and distance stand in the way of true love?
FIRST STORY IN THE DIANA/NONA SISTER FICS