Billie is a 39-year-old film editor living in Los Angeles. She is on a trip to Florence with her two best friends, and on New Year’s Eve she decides that this will be the year she has a baby. She plans to do IUI or IVF, and although it’s a little scary, she will raise the baby on her own.
Of course, within an hour of making this decision, she meets Arthur, a handsome, intelligent, Scottish environmentalist. They flirt, they wander the city into the wee hours of the morning, and both clearly feel a connection deeper than flirtation. But Arthur isn’t interested in having kids, so as much as they’d both love to pursue a relationship, Billie wants to give the baby thing a try.
They do keep in touch, however. Billie definitely longs to be with Arthur, but she really wants to have a child, too. She spends the next year trying to get pregnant and traveling all over the world to see him. Each time they’re together, they know they don’t want things between them to end, but this is a situation where Billie has to make a choice between Arthur and a baby.
Can she be happy with Arthur without a baby? Or should she have a baby and leave Arthur to his Scottish wildlands? Her heart aches with trying to decide, because she won’t feel complete either way. Meanwhile, other things in life seem to be changing at the same time.
Jennifer E. Smith has written both adult and YA books, and I’m a huge fan of hers. Her books are always imbued with so much emotion and the issues her characters face never feel outlandish. I definitely was in my feelings by the end of this one!!
The book will publish 12/15.
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