Valarie Renyalds had the life she always dreamed of. A family, a beautiful lake house, and spending her days surrounded by books in her family's bookstore. Until, she catches her husband having an affair with his skinny, twenty-something secretary. He defends his infidelity by telling Val that he is just not attracted to her anymore after letting herself go since giving birth to their now, teenage daughter.

She vows to lose the weight and win her life back by joining a gym and attending a nutrition class. As a binge eater, Val not only struggles with her emotional eating issues, but also with the attraction to the handsome and single gym owner. She seems to be a klutz every time she sees him. From falling off a treadmill to being saved by him in a grocery store parking lot. She even chokes on a cream puff in a moment of weakness. Val just can't seem to get a break around him.

If that is not enough, Val finds herself breaking into a hunting shack while stranded in the middle of a snowstorm with none other than the handsome gym owner. Will she find the strength to follow her heart and win back all she lost or move on entirely? Jennifer Walters does it again as she wins our hearts in this breathtaking novel that makes us all ask ourselves the question, How much would you lose to get your life back?

Carol Brindley

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