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Second Chance
Most people would say she leads a charmed life. Dana Dickson is beautiful, rich, famous, and married to a gorgeous movie star. Yet, she is desperately unhappy. When Dana marries actor Robert Cortelli, she is sure she has the loving, devoted husband she has always dreamed of. Eleven years and three children later, Dana instead finds herself playing second fiddle to Robert’s demanding film career. Just when Dana thinks she’s had enough, a catastrophic incident occurs that forces her to respond with faith and courage. But as the couple begins to rekindle their romance and discover God’s plan and purpose for their lives, secrets are revealed that threaten to shatter their newfound intimacy. Will Robert and Dana allow past mistakes to tear them apart? Or will love and forgiveness win out and give this couple the second chance they so desperately long for?
351 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2016
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January 22, 2019
The Course of True Love
Never does run smoothly. It definitely doesn't here.
Superstar and Supermodel. Should be a match made in heaven. Well, not quite.
Never does run smoothly. It definitely doesn't here.
Superstar and Supermodel. Should be a match made in heaven. Well, not quite.
October 21, 2023
This was a Christian story with a man who is very much in demand as a movie star. He put his family last above all things. It was rather refreshing that messing around outside his marriage, was never a problem. There were good characters and nice scenery. I felt this book was more interested in quoting Scriptures than focusing on the characters. It did drag the tempo down in places.
October 6, 2024
The most beautiful Dana Dickson finds the man of her dreams. As life would have it, dynamics begins to separate the couple over the course of 11 years. While Dana is at her wits end, Robert is oblivious. Will she be able to maintain her growing hostility against Robert to help him navigate his recovery after an acting accident?
May 13, 2020
Setting: Barbados and US
Time Period: Modern Day
“Second Chance” by Nicole Taylor is a chic flick novel with a millionaire, Hollywood style plot. She’s a model - he’s a movie star - and they just happen to have enough in common to fall in love. And by in love, I mean marriage. So often, novels just cover the dating/falling in love portion of the story, but I was pleasantly surprised that this book had both. Part one was your traditional “Dana and Robert falling in love” part and then part two fast forwarded to ten years after marriage. It’s not often that I read a story that covers this much time in one book, so I enjoyed the different perspective and knowing the backstory upfront.
To begin, I know nothing about the modeling industry. For that reason, I enjoyed learning a lot of new things from Dana’s story. Robert’s character was great too. The couple were Christian from the get go in an industry that would make a life of faith hard, but the author realistically showed how this couple put up a good fight for ten long years. But...just like real life, nothing is ever perfect, and so the second part of the book shows how they struggled in their marriage while trying to balance kids and careers. Some of the drama may have been a little predictable, but for the most part, it kept my attention and interest till the end. There was also a nasty bad guy involved that made some portions tense and kept you wanting to turn the page.
Conclusion: So, I was so excited to find a Christian Fiction novel set in Barbados for the “Around The World In 80 Books” challenge...then I found out this book only had a few chapters at the end in Barbados. LOL! Well, I’m claiming it anyway! Though I’ve never been into the Chic Flick genre, I found this book interesting and a nice change up from what I’m used to.
Time Period: Modern Day
“Second Chance” by Nicole Taylor is a chic flick novel with a millionaire, Hollywood style plot. She’s a model - he’s a movie star - and they just happen to have enough in common to fall in love. And by in love, I mean marriage. So often, novels just cover the dating/falling in love portion of the story, but I was pleasantly surprised that this book had both. Part one was your traditional “Dana and Robert falling in love” part and then part two fast forwarded to ten years after marriage. It’s not often that I read a story that covers this much time in one book, so I enjoyed the different perspective and knowing the backstory upfront.
To begin, I know nothing about the modeling industry. For that reason, I enjoyed learning a lot of new things from Dana’s story. Robert’s character was great too. The couple were Christian from the get go in an industry that would make a life of faith hard, but the author realistically showed how this couple put up a good fight for ten long years. But...just like real life, nothing is ever perfect, and so the second part of the book shows how they struggled in their marriage while trying to balance kids and careers. Some of the drama may have been a little predictable, but for the most part, it kept my attention and interest till the end. There was also a nasty bad guy involved that made some portions tense and kept you wanting to turn the page.
Conclusion: So, I was so excited to find a Christian Fiction novel set in Barbados for the “Around The World In 80 Books” challenge...then I found out this book only had a few chapters at the end in Barbados. LOL! Well, I’m claiming it anyway! Though I’ve never been into the Chic Flick genre, I found this book interesting and a nice change up from what I’m used to.
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