Tuesday, November 19, 2024

About the Book

Book: Maybe Now, Maybe Never

Author: Chris Posti

Genre: Women’s Fiction with Elements of Faith & Later-in-Life Romance

Release date: October, 2024

At 57, Suzanne is marrying the man of her dreams, confident he won’t disappoint her like every other man from her past, but a phone call during the ceremony makes her wonder if she’s made yet another mistake. Widowed Rachel attends the wedding on what would have been her fortieth anniversary, wearing a wig on her head and emotions on her sleeve, when her neighbor blurts out a proposal for a wedding of their own. Uber-rich Marla captures the attention of everyone in the pews as she sings a surprise solo, yet her efforts to impress have little effect on the one person who matters the most.

While navigating relationships with each other, their grown children, their aging mothers, and most of all, the men in their lives, the women unite to rescue their hometown and their own businesses from a spate of malicious online reviews that are suddenly jeopardizing everyone’s future.

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About the Author

Chris Posti writes award-winning fiction about real-life women experiencing the joys and challenges of their friendships, families, careers, and later-in-life romances. Before pivoting to novels, she was a self-employed career & executive coach and wrote three nonfiction books. For 20+ years, she also penned a Sunday newspaper column.

More from Chris

In all the contemporary women’s fiction you’ve ever read, can you think of a single novel that features three women over 55 as the main characters?

Hmm.

Still thinking?

Until I wrote my series, I hadn’t come across any, either.

Being over 55 myself, I decided to fill that void by writing about older women who still have a lot of juice left in them—women who stick by their friends, overcome challenges, care for aging parents, grow in their faith, champion their hometown, and have second chances at love.

In other words, Maybe Now, Maybe Never is all about characters I relate to, and if you’re a woman of a certain age, I believe you will too.

This is the second book in the Next Act trilogy. The first, Falling Apart, Falling for You, was released in 2022, and the third, ’Tis the Time, ’Tis the Season was just released in October. It will also be on a blog tour starting November 22.

Come alongside these women. I think you’ll enjoy their journeys.

MY REVIEW

The story follows several women on their journey thru life. I enjoyed getting to know each one and seeing how they navigate their struggles and triumphs. I love stories where the author features older men and women.

As we get to know each woman better we see the changes they face such as relationships, jobs, marriages and trials where they need to lean on friends. The story is emotional at times where the characters find their life turning upside down.

I did like the mystery in the story about someone who is sabotaging stores and restaurants in the town.Their reviews are harsh and give the businesses a bad name. Why would someone want to hurt these businesses? I couldn’t wait to see who the guilty party was. Also in the book we see each character defining their faith. Some may have stepped away from God but as they deal with challenges it might help them draw near to Him again.

I liked the story but at times I was let down by the back and forth of characters. I wanted the author to tell the story by incorporating them into each chapter rather than dedicating a chapter that ping ponged between each character. It was hard for me to keep interested in the story at times .

I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.