She makes a soft sound of pleasure, and then says near my ear, “It may not be a dream.”
“It’s definitely not one right now,” I agree, laughing.
“I think we might have made a baby, Ren.”
I go completely still. “What did you say?”
“A baby. Would that be a good dream?” she asks, and I hear the slight note of uncertainty in her voice.
“That would be an incredible dream,” I say softly. “The best dream ever.”
“I’m late,” she says. “Like really late.”
“Seriously?”
“Very.”
She’s looking down at me now with the kind of love in her eyes that I once doubted I would ever deserve. It’s the kind of love that makes me want to give her every good part of myself, to earn her love every day of my life.
“Can we buy one of those stick things today?” I ask.
She laughs. “Yes, we can buy a stick thing.”
“And then we’ll know?”
“We should,” she says.
I lean in and kiss her, hoping I’m able to convey everything I feel for her. And I think I do, because I feel the tears sliding down her cheeks.
“Hey,” I say, brushing them away.
“Happy tears,” she says.
We look at each other for several long moments before she says, “Think we could name the baby Colby? Boy or girl.”
Now I’m the one with tears in my eyes. “Do you have any idea how much I love you?”
“I think I do. Amazingly enough,” she says. “But you could show me anyway. Before we go get the stick thing, I mean.”
“Well, that would absolutely be my pleasure,” I say, pulling my wife to me and showing her in the one way that doesn’t need a single word to be understood.
That Birthday in Barbados - The Take Me There Series
What is it about turning forty that makes a woman take a look at where she’s been and make her wonder where she’s going?
For ActivGirl CEO Catherine Camilleri, it is a crossroads that has her wondering where she went off course. Divorced without children, life isn’t what she had pictured for herself twenty years ago. Not up to admitting any of this in front of friends and family, she bails on the surprise party being thrown for her and books a last-minute trip to Barbados for a stay at the luxurious Sandy Lane Hotel, the same place where she’d spent her honeymoon ten years before. Is she going back to mourn the marriage she’d thought would last forever? Or in an attempt to chase out of her heart for good a betrayal that forever changed her?
Anders Walker might be just the ticket for that. After a brief career on Wall Street and a life experience that turned his world upside down, Anders took off the golden handcuffs and walked away for good. When he spots Catherine checking in on arrival at the Sandy Lane Hotel, he challenges her to try his spin class at the hotel’s spa. He sees a woman who no longer considers herself someone a guy like him would be attracted to. Except that she’s wrong. In Catherine, he recognizes a woman who defines herself by rejection. He sees, too, that she has made work her life. But he’s learned that there is so much more to living. Simple things like swimming with sea turtles. And watching the sun sink on a Caribbean horizon. He’s got two weeks to prove it to her, to make sure she will always remember that birthday in Barbados.
That Weekend In Paris - The Take Me There Series
Book Club Discussion Guide
What was your favorite thing about That Month in Tuscany? What made you want to read the book?
Which characters did you like best?
Which characters did you like least?
Did you empathize with Lizzie and her dissatisfaction with her marriage?
Did you find the attraction between Lizzie and Ren believable?
If you were making a movie of That Month in Tuscany , who would you cast to play Ren Sawyer? Who would you cast to play Lizzie Harper?
Do you have a favorite quote from the book? Why did like this quote?
Did That Month in Tuscany make you feel any specific emotions?
What songs would you pick as a soundtrack to That Month in Tuscany ?
What question would you like to ask Inglath Cooper, the author of the book?
Which character in the book would you most like to meet?
Which places in the book would you most like to visit?
Did you like the book’s cover? Did it make you want to read the book?
Why do you think Inglath wrote this book? What ideas was she trying to get across?
If you had to give this movie a viewer rating, would rating would give it? PG? PG-13? R? And why?
What aspects of the story could you most relate to?
Who would you recommend this book to and why?
What do you hope to get out of a book you choose to read? Did this book fulfill your expectations?
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More Books by Inglath Cooper
That Weekend in Paris
That Birthday in Barbados
That Month in Tuscany
Swerve
The Heart That Breaks
My Italian Lover
Fences – Book Three – Smith Mountain Lake Series
Dragonfly Summer – Book Two – Smith Mountain Lake Series
Blue Wide Sky – Book One – Smith Mountain Lake Series
And Then You Loved Me
Down a Country Road
Good Guys Love Dogs
Truths and Roses
Nashville – Part Ten – Not Without You
Nashville – Book Nine – You, Me and a Palm Tree
Nashville – Book Eight – R U Serious
Nashville – Book Seven – Commit
Nashville – Book Six – Sweet Tea and Me
Nashville – Book Five – Amazed
Nashville – Book Four – Pleasure in the Rain
Nashville – Book Three – What We Feel
Nashville – Book Two – Hammer and a Song
Nashville – Book One – Ready to Reach
On Angel’s Wings
A Gift of Grace
RITA® Award Winner John Riley’s Girl
A Woman With Secrets
Unfinished Business
A Woman Like Annie
The Lost Daughter of Pigeon Hollow
A Year and a Day
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About Inglath Cooper
RITA® Award-winning author Inglath Cooper was born in Virginia. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in English. She fell in love with books as soon as she learned how to read. “My mom read to us before bed, and I think that’s how I started to love stories. It was like a little mini-vacation we looked forward to every night before going to sleep. I think I eventually read most of the books in my elementary school library.”
That love for books translated into a natural love for writing and a desire to create stories that other readers could get lost in, just as she had gotten lost in her favorite books. Her stories focus on the dynamic
s of relationships, those between a man and a woman, mother and daughter, sisters, friends. They most often take place in small Virginia towns very much like the one where she grew up and are peopled with characters who reflect those values and traditions.
“There’s something about small-town life that’s just part of who I am. I’ve had the desire to live in other places, wondered what it would be like to be a true Manhattanite, but the thing I know I would miss is the familiarity of faces everywhere I go. There’s a lot to be said for going in the grocery store and seeing ten people you know!”
Inglath Cooper is an avid supporter of companion animal rescue and is a volunteer and donor for the Franklin County Humane Society. She and her family have fostered many dogs and cats that have gone on to be adopted by other families. “The rewards are endless. It’s an eye-opening moment to realize that what one person throws away can fill another person’s life with love and joy.”
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