Sexy, bold, and funny, new author Lyn Feola Rumage’s debut, PWT, shows how one woman, who is no stranger to loss, will be forced to man out before she is able to man up. A truly hilarious, if heartbreaking look at the missteps romance, Rumage examines how it takes a strong and savvy woman to leave a lover for love.
With a prose that is soundly punchy and a narrative that moves the way good friends gossip, Rumage has a knack at revealing how it is we too often hold tightly to what holds us back.
This is a snappy relationship tale that grabbed my attention and held it to the very end. It made me laugh, shake my head in amazement, and also gave me pause to recall various people that I personally know who have clung to disastrous relationships simply because they couldn't bring themselves to think rationally and make the break. I look forward to reading future novels by Lyn Feola Rumage!
Even though Susan Parker has buried her father, brother, and, now recently, her mother, in many ways it seems like she has it all. She is a funny, smart go-getter on the fast track at the office, and, besides a bad habit of retail therapy, she’s one clever cookie. She has friends that she has known a lifetime. Gal pals Dianne, Alix, and Jenna are always there to down a pitcher of margaritas—hold the salt—and in a pinch. In good times and bad, for better or worse, they’ve had her back, but a girlfriend isn’t exactly what Susan wants. On the eve of her 29th birthday, Susan decides that since she hasn’t met Mr. Right, she is willing to have a little fun with Mr. Right Now. The first eligible bachelor she meets is a man she has met before and would just as soon forget, but he keeps coming back. Somehow, he ingratiates himself and, being awfully sweet, Susan settles for his company. It isn’t all that, but what’s worse is Susan begins to depend on this something that is nothing. It is not until she catches a glimpse of the extraordinary in a man named Tony that she is able to regain her A-game. Better than anyone, she knows life is precious and that there is no time to waste if she truly wants to have a chance at happily ever after.
