Happily married to her college sweetheart, Poppy lived a blessed life with the husband of her dreams. Then everything changed. She is no longer a wife. She is no longer the envy of her single friends. Now, people look at her with pity as they whisper a single word behind her back.
Widow.
Years after her husband’s tragic death, years of pain and sorrow and wishing for the life she’ll never get back, Poppy decides to finish Jamie’s birthday list. She’ll do the things he wanted to most. Because maybe, just maybe, if she can complete his list, she can start to live again.
Poppy expects going through the birthday list will be hard. She expects it to hurt. But what she doesn’t expect is Cole. Could the man who delivered the news of her husband’s death and shattered her heart be the one to help her put it back together again?
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Turning to the door, I smiled, ready to greet my late-evening customer, but faltered as the door closed behind him. Cole Goodman was walking my way. My belly dipped as I took him in. His aviator sunglasses were perched on top of his chocolate-brown hair. A black polo stretched across his broad shoulders and pulled tight across his muscled arms. His pale-blue jeans molded to his Herculean thighs before draping down to his black, square-toed boots. The leather belt on Cole’s trim waist held both a shining badge and a holstered gun. Cole smiled and locked his light-green eyes on mine as he crossed the room. His straight, white teeth made my breath hitch—something that had happened last night more times than I wanted to admit. Molly, who had turned around from her seat to greet our customer, spun around so her back was to Cole. Her cheeks flushed as she whispered, “Wow.” Wow was right. Cole Goodman was—simply put—gorgeous. He could give a woman a speeding ticket and get a thank-you in return. He inspired women to attempt push-ups in a karate class just for the chance to watch him sweat through his gi. Cole made grown women blush like teenagers and giggle in corners, like those girls at the dojo last night.
REVIEW
The Birthday List is one of those books that you think you know what to expect from it's pages and it proves you wrong in all the best ways. Cole and Poppy's story sucked me in, held me captive, and left me feeling everything once it was over.
Poppy had it all - a fabulous life with a wonderful man and in one night it was gone - stolen from her by the death of her husband. Five years later, Poppy is still not over the loss nor has she moved on - but she is moving towards the future a little step at a time, partially with the help of her Husbands "Birthday list" and each of the items she's able to check off. It's not about completing these tasks for him to be stuck in the past - it's about finding her way to healing and letting go of him. But Poppy doesn't expect where the list will lead her or to whom which turns out to be wildly unexpected.
Cole remembers delivering Poppy that devastating news - he remembers how it felt about her then, and how he still sees that strength and so much more now. But more than that Cole also sees a woman in need of closing the past and moving on towards a future where she can live again.
The Birthday List will take you on an emotional journey, one that will entice and surprise as it delivers an amazing love story. I'm not one to spoil books, so I'm not going to say much of the details other than that with each step these two take, you will find yourself falling in love - wrestling with the same emotions and rooting for them to come out on top. This book will make you feel deeply and make you think hard, it will touch you and leave you breathless at times - but it will also be a book you can't put down.
Devney is the USA Today bestselling author of the Jamison Valley series. She lives in Montana with her husband and two children. After working in the technology industry for nearly a decade, she abandoned conference calls and project schedules to enjoy a slower pace at home with her kids. She loves reading and, after consuming hundreds of books, decided to share her own stories. Devney loves hearing from readers! Connect with her on social media.
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