Friends from college and ten years later, still friends. Except for one: lovely Portia who turned out to be lovelier on the outside than on the inside. After graduation, the gang lost contact with Portia. The other members of the gang are still very close and see each other virtually every day. Catherine and Si are single. Si is still looking for Mr. Right but Catherine pretty much gave up after a sad affair with a married man. Josh got married to newcomer Lucy and his wife is the now the fourth and much loved member of the gang. Portia is just an afterthought. Until a friend of Si's mention her. Turns out Portia is doing very well for herself and is the power behind a popular TV show. Which the three original gang members, thinking back on it, now realize is based on them! Which then leads them to considering getting back in touch with Portia. Meanwhile Catherine and Lucy have decided to open a bookstore together, with Catherine doing the bookselling and Lucy doing the snacks and beverages. And this is about when Portia comes back into their lives and brings up old feelings and old questions and new drama when it appears she is up to her old tricks.
This was an interesting story, although the Portia drama doesn't amount to much. Almost everyone gets their happy ending, even the villain, Portia. Except for poor Si, who gets diagnosed with a serious illness. The revelation of his illness to Josh and Lucy is the final chapter of the book so maybe the author felt she needed the added drama. I think the story would have been fine without that part though.
Here is a review by Publishers Weekly.
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