Book Title: What We Do for Love by Anne Pfeffer
Category: Adult Fiction, 227 pages
Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction
Publisher: Bold Print Press
Release date: May 21, 2019

Synopsis

“If Lorelai Gilmore of Gilmore Girls was dropped into a thriller, it might resemble this appealing novel.” –Kirkus Reviews

Thirty-eight year old Nicole Adams has given up on finding love. Instead, the single mother focuses on the things she cherishes most—her sixteen-year old son Justin, her friends, and her art. When she convinces a prominent Los Angeles museum to feature a piece of her work, a large-scale installation, she thinks her life has finally turned a corner. Then Justin brings a girl, Daniela, home to live with them. Daniela’s angry parents have thrown her out of the house, because she’s pregnant with Justin’s child.

​Shattered, Nicole takes Daniela in and, in so doing, is drawn into the inner circle of Daniela’s family—a frightening world of deceit and violence. Nicole struggles to keep life going as normal. Forced to deal with people she doesn’t trust or like, fearful for the future of both her son and the grandchild they’re expecting, Nicole wonders if she can do what she tells Justin to do: always have faith in yourself and do the right thing. ​

Review

The title of this book could not be any more fitting because it portrays Nicole, a single mom, and the lengths she goes to for her family even when those lengths could be dangerous!  But isn’t just Nicole that I think this title fits, but also Viviana, Mike, and even her sister.

This book was a fast read for me and I enjoyed the story and some of the twists and turns that came about as more of the personal stories were revealed.  Nicole is a single mother and I can’t even imagine what it is like to raise a child by yourself.  But Nicole has done a good job and her son Justin is smart and on his way to bigger and better things.  Until the day he brings home his friend Daniela and she is pregnant with his child.  What a bombshell to drop on Nicole but after the initial shock, she starts to adjust to the information and starts to look forward to a grandchild.  But things aren’t always as they seem and what is revealed in the end will be quite a surprise, or at least it was to me.

There were some times where I wondered why Nicole was trying to take everything on herself and not ask for help from those around her.  Was it because she was used to doing most everything herself?  Was it a pride thing?  Whatever her reason, she grows in this book and learns that accepting a helping hand is not the downfall of her independence or anything else.

There is a little bit of suspense in this book, but it really is minor compared to everything else.  There is also romance and a happily ever after ending.

This book is an enjoyable read and we give it 4 paws up.

About the Author

Award-winning novelist Anne Pfeffer grew up in Phoenix, Arizona reading prodigiously and riding horses. After working in Chicago and New York, she escaped back to the land of sunshine in Los Angeles.

​She has worked in banking and as a pro bono attorney, representing abandoned children in adoption and guardianship proceedings. Anne has a daughter living in New York and is the author of four books in the YA/New Adult genres.

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