The Girlfriend Curse

It's uncanny Within six months of breaking up with her, Peg Silver's ex-lovers always meet and marry the women of their dreams. Even worse than being the eternal bridesmaid, she's the last girlfriend, the one who awakens in a guy theknowledge of what he's always wanted in a relationship ... and it's never with Peg. Obviously, a major lifestyle change is seriously called for, which is why the distraught interior landscape designer says good-bye to Manhattan and late-night lattes with pal Nina, and hello to a farmhouse on ten acres in tiny, backwater Manshire, Vermont, hoping to meet the ultimate, all-organic country man (without too much facial hair) to keep her warm in those frosty New England winters.

Instead, Peg finds herself at Inward Bound -- a proactive adult-education retreat for the hapless and hopelessly lovelorn -- to try to lift her dreaded "girlfriend curse." A steamy (and expressly forbidden) dalliance with gorgeous woman-eater Ray probably isn't going to help cure her. But some romantic insight could arise from her attraction to Linus, Inward Bound's sexy, scruffy, smart and still-single founder. Perhaps there is a secret to be unearthed in the crunchy Green Mountains, one that will magically transform Peg Silver from the Perpetual Also Ran to the Big Winner in love.

Author: Valerie Frankel
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 03/01/2005
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780060725549

Review Citation(s):
Romantic Times 03/01/2005 pg. 65 - Excellent
Entertainment Weekly 03/04/2005 pg. 77
People Weekly 04/11/2005 pg. 53
Booklist 03/15/2005 pg. 1272