Dannie and David have been together for several years. Dannie is a lawyer and David is a banker and the two of them have been focusing on their careers and not on their relationship. David has asked Dannie to marry him, but so far she has not said yes. But she finally agrees to getting married but no date for the wedding gets agreed to.
Dannie has a very realistic dream shortly after getting engaged where she finds herself in having a passionate sexual relationship with a handsome stranger. This man stirs her in ways she has never felt with David. She shakes off the feelings it created in her as just a dream, though.
That is until five years later when Dannie meets her best friend Bella's new lover, Greg, who she recognizes as the man from her dream. Dannie truly cares for Bella and also Greg seems very sincere in his attachment to Bella, so that dream must have been a lie, not a premonition.
Things become more complicated when Bella is diagnosed with a serious illness. Dannie just can't shake that dream about Greg five years ago before she ever met him. The dream haunts her and has prevented her from following through on her promise to wed David. But seeing Greg and Bella together pushes Dannie into hurriedly arranging her and David's wedding, as if that will cure the doubts that have troubled her for the past five years, doubts she buries and refuses to face about her love for the faithful, kind and understanding David.
This was an OK read. I did find it a bit dull towards the middle. And the character of the best friend, Bella, was little more than a device for the main character, Dannie, to react to. And poor David, all we ever hear about him is what a great guy he is and how well Dannie and he get along. Never really any good reason why Dannie is dragging her feet other than maybe she doesn't find him exciting. Well, I didn't find Dannie or her story exciting.
Here is a review by Publishers Weekly.
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