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A Woman Like You
An ongoing journey through life, love … and recovery.
In the first installment of the Now & Then Series, "A Girl Like You", Amanda Harrington, wife, mother, and educated professional, checks herself into rehab. At rock bottom, she begins the process of retracing her life’s journey and the circumstances that led her into addiction.
In "A Woman Like You" Amanda examines her life during her turbulent twenties.
Still conflicted over falling for her best friend Tanner and losing her first love Braden, Amanda finds herself reeling from the aftermath of decisions clouded by drugs and alcohol. As she struggles with adulthood, she successfully hides her double life from those who think they know her best—including herself.
When history collides with her present, her wary heart must make another choice. Will she finally come clean or bury her past?
Can Amanda find the path to redemption while concealing the devil inside of her?
In the first installment of the Now & Then Series, "A Girl Like You", Amanda Harrington, wife, mother, and educated professional, checks herself into rehab. At rock bottom, she begins the process of retracing her life’s journey and the circumstances that led her into addiction.
In "A Woman Like You" Amanda examines her life during her turbulent twenties.
Still conflicted over falling for her best friend Tanner and losing her first love Braden, Amanda finds herself reeling from the aftermath of decisions clouded by drugs and alcohol. As she struggles with adulthood, she successfully hides her double life from those who think they know her best—including herself.
When history collides with her present, her wary heart must make another choice. Will she finally come clean or bury her past?
Can Amanda find the path to redemption while concealing the devil inside of her?
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About the author
Kate Ryan
2 books52 followersKate Ryan searches in vain for this thing called work/life balance. She’s a disaster in the kitchen who kills houseplants and obsessively watches HGTV and ESPN. Kate has no clue why she lives year-round in Phoenix because it's hotter than hell, and she prefers trendy boots over flip-flops.
Kate's Now & Then Series takes readers on a perfectly imperfect journey through Amanda Harrington's life as a girl, young woman, wife, and mother. Presented with humor and realism, Amanda's road to Happily Ever After is full of twists and turns, faulty decisions with ill-fated consequences, and discerning hormones from matters of the heart.
Kate's Now & Then Series takes readers on a perfectly imperfect journey through Amanda Harrington's life as a girl, young woman, wife, and mother. Presented with humor and realism, Amanda's road to Happily Ever After is full of twists and turns, faulty decisions with ill-fated consequences, and discerning hormones from matters of the heart.
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December 28, 2016
This is the second book by the author Kate Ryan. A Woman Like You is continues the story of Amanda Harrington and the reader can follow her story into adulthood since in the second book she is in her twenties.
The first step in overcoming a problem is admitting you have one. This is the case with Amanda as she enters rehab on her own free will. She wants to overcome her problems and the rehab is going to help. The thing about being in rehab is that you have to do a lot of things there, to keep your mind occupied and not thinking about what got you into rehab in the first place. Probably the hardest thing would be to choose to leave your family in order to seek help. It can be hard, especially for young children. But there is nothing wrong in seeking help, especially if the person seeking it was dependent on marijuana. I can’t way I understand everything given I’ve never gone through what Amanda has gone but I can surely feel for her and cheer for the strength she finds. It requires a lot of it to try and change thing. The idea with creating a timeline where you can list the events in your life is great. I think that this way a person can go over everything and find the moment everything went wrong and start from there.
I like the way her relationship with her friends and family is growing. There are two men I’m puzzled about. Max and Shawn. I don’t know why, they both appear cute and nice. I liked the chats she has with Max and the conversations with Shawn. But Tanner was awesome too and I’m not even going to talk about the other guy Braden.
I also like the way the romance scenes are depicted. Without giving away spoilers or going into detail I will say that they are very well crafted. They aren’t anything that you could find in other novel, yet they are still steamy and romantic. And that isn’t easily achieved. I applaud the author for achieving such an astonishingly great work.
There is a point where instead of perceiving the characters as just characters you see them as living people. As people you can actually talk to or listen to their stories. It felt so real in the end it hurt. Not many books can make me cry. But this book succeeded in that department. I haven’t done it in a long time and it was amazing. But enough of that. If you want to know what in the book made me cry I guess you’ll have to go grab it and read it.
Kate Ryan has yet again done an amazing job. She never ceases to amaze me. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
I give this book 5 out of 5 start and strongly recommend it.
The first step in overcoming a problem is admitting you have one. This is the case with Amanda as she enters rehab on her own free will. She wants to overcome her problems and the rehab is going to help. The thing about being in rehab is that you have to do a lot of things there, to keep your mind occupied and not thinking about what got you into rehab in the first place. Probably the hardest thing would be to choose to leave your family in order to seek help. It can be hard, especially for young children. But there is nothing wrong in seeking help, especially if the person seeking it was dependent on marijuana. I can’t way I understand everything given I’ve never gone through what Amanda has gone but I can surely feel for her and cheer for the strength she finds. It requires a lot of it to try and change thing. The idea with creating a timeline where you can list the events in your life is great. I think that this way a person can go over everything and find the moment everything went wrong and start from there.
I like the way her relationship with her friends and family is growing. There are two men I’m puzzled about. Max and Shawn. I don’t know why, they both appear cute and nice. I liked the chats she has with Max and the conversations with Shawn. But Tanner was awesome too and I’m not even going to talk about the other guy Braden.
I also like the way the romance scenes are depicted. Without giving away spoilers or going into detail I will say that they are very well crafted. They aren’t anything that you could find in other novel, yet they are still steamy and romantic. And that isn’t easily achieved. I applaud the author for achieving such an astonishingly great work.
There is a point where instead of perceiving the characters as just characters you see them as living people. As people you can actually talk to or listen to their stories. It felt so real in the end it hurt. Not many books can make me cry. But this book succeeded in that department. I haven’t done it in a long time and it was amazing. But enough of that. If you want to know what in the book made me cry I guess you’ll have to go grab it and read it.
Kate Ryan has yet again done an amazing job. She never ceases to amaze me. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
I give this book 5 out of 5 start and strongly recommend it.
December 27, 2016
LOVED IT!!!!
If vacation and holidays hadn't interfered I'd have finished this book in one sitting!
Oh Kate Ryan, I love Amanda so, SO much! I can identify with her. I can see us being friends. I get her social anxieties and the pressures she places upon herself. She is her own worst critic. I get it because I do those things to myself.
This installment is wonderful. I laughed and cried as I read A Woman Like You. I swore like a sailor at the last page because I want all of this story NOW. Amanda's personal growth is huge. I am thrilled to see that she maintains some relationships and want to shake her for keeping some going... The progression of her relationships with her parents, friends and love interests is interesting and a little like hanging from a cliff--so, authentic.
I enjoy the writing style of Kate. I can see myself chatting with her (which I'd like to do and not just to get the rest of the story from her.) I'll be waiting impatiently for the rest of Amanda's story.
If vacation and holidays hadn't interfered I'd have finished this book in one sitting!
Oh Kate Ryan, I love Amanda so, SO much! I can identify with her. I can see us being friends. I get her social anxieties and the pressures she places upon herself. She is her own worst critic. I get it because I do those things to myself.
This installment is wonderful. I laughed and cried as I read A Woman Like You. I swore like a sailor at the last page because I want all of this story NOW. Amanda's personal growth is huge. I am thrilled to see that she maintains some relationships and want to shake her for keeping some going... The progression of her relationships with her parents, friends and love interests is interesting and a little like hanging from a cliff--so, authentic.
I enjoy the writing style of Kate. I can see myself chatting with her (which I'd like to do and not just to get the rest of the story from her.) I'll be waiting impatiently for the rest of Amanda's story.
December 23, 2016
Omg. Where do I even start? Without spoilers, the only thing I can say is YES!! If you loved Amanda & her world in book 1, prepare to be absorbed in book 2. As a human being, there's no way you wouldn't relate to these characters. It's one of those series that leaves you wondering what these characters are doing right now because at some point they stop being characters & become your friends. What a journey! Stop reading this right now & start reading A Woman Like You!
December 25, 2016
Kate Ryan nails it again. This has been the most personally relatable book, thus far. It's 2:16 am Christmas morning and despite the need to be up in 4 hours I have zero regrets about staying up to read this. I cannot wait for #3.
December 29, 2016
Loved it! I couldn't put it down, and can't wait to read the rest of Amanda's story!
February 9, 2017
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This book has many of the same positives going for it as its predecessor, A Girl Like You. The author’s writing voice is smooth. The story’s pacing is even. It’s obviously been professionally edited. Further, the descriptions of Amanda’s time in rehab (or “summer camp”, as she calls it) are endlessly fascinating, and seem authentic. I would imagine the author has done a good job researching the topic, which I totally appreciate.
All that earns this book 4 stars. And if you’ve read any of the other reviews on the site, you know that 4 stars is a pretty damned spectacular rating. But…I had to deduct one star for the same thing that dinged A Girl Like You: the heroine Amanda.
Young Amanda is flighty, and her addictive personality makes her cling almost desperately to the men in her life (and there are many, many, men in her life). That neediness, that desperation, makes her hard to relate to and even harder to like. But, that’s young Amanda. The Amanda that sacked-up and checked herself into rehab? I like that Amanda, which is what keeps me reading the series.
I guess while I’m nit-picking, I’ll point out that I fail to see why everyone (meaning all the men in her life) are so in love with Amanda. Everyone seems to want her, and I don’t get why. Tanner, Shawn, Braden, Max, all the “bench” players...they can all do better. Why aren’t they even trying? It doesn’t make sense to me.
But, like I said, overall, this is a well-written series that I highly recommend to anyone who likes an “outside the box” read. I look forward to getting to know adult Amanda a little better.
Full disclosure: I was offered an ARC in exchange for an impartial review, but I didn’t take it. I downloaded via Kindle Unlimited instead.
This book has many of the same positives going for it as its predecessor, A Girl Like You. The author’s writing voice is smooth. The story’s pacing is even. It’s obviously been professionally edited. Further, the descriptions of Amanda’s time in rehab (or “summer camp”, as she calls it) are endlessly fascinating, and seem authentic. I would imagine the author has done a good job researching the topic, which I totally appreciate.
All that earns this book 4 stars. And if you’ve read any of the other reviews on the site, you know that 4 stars is a pretty damned spectacular rating. But…I had to deduct one star for the same thing that dinged A Girl Like You: the heroine Amanda.
Young Amanda is flighty, and her addictive personality makes her cling almost desperately to the men in her life (and there are many, many, men in her life). That neediness, that desperation, makes her hard to relate to and even harder to like. But, that’s young Amanda. The Amanda that sacked-up and checked herself into rehab? I like that Amanda, which is what keeps me reading the series.
I guess while I’m nit-picking, I’ll point out that I fail to see why everyone (meaning all the men in her life) are so in love with Amanda. Everyone seems to want her, and I don’t get why. Tanner, Shawn, Braden, Max, all the “bench” players...they can all do better. Why aren’t they even trying? It doesn’t make sense to me.
But, like I said, overall, this is a well-written series that I highly recommend to anyone who likes an “outside the box” read. I look forward to getting to know adult Amanda a little better.
Full disclosure: I was offered an ARC in exchange for an impartial review, but I didn’t take it. I downloaded via Kindle Unlimited instead.
December 29, 2016
A Woman Like You starts in rehab looking back on the life of Amanda as she reflects on how she came to this place. It's a journey of love found and lost through the decades.
Torn between two men, one woman must chose, but has no idea who she is, making the choice more difficult. Uncertain if she is good enough for either man sends her into a downward spiral that she may not be able to recover from. The damage she inflicts on family and friends in her quest for self-awareness may make love an impossibility. Can she get better before she loses the man she has always wanted?
Getting her act together seems easy, but staying on the right path is difficult when life sends curve balls constantly.
The second decade in Amanda's journey that hits home for our generation. A must read to the last page kind of story!!
Torn between two men, one woman must chose, but has no idea who she is, making the choice more difficult. Uncertain if she is good enough for either man sends her into a downward spiral that she may not be able to recover from. The damage she inflicts on family and friends in her quest for self-awareness may make love an impossibility. Can she get better before she loses the man she has always wanted?
Getting her act together seems easy, but staying on the right path is difficult when life sends curve balls constantly.
The second decade in Amanda's journey that hits home for our generation. A must read to the last page kind of story!!
December 30, 2016
Kate does it again! Another hit with this compelling second book in the Now & Then Series. I loved everything about this book so, so much. I can't wait for book 3....
January 8, 2017
Kate Ryan does it again....AMAZING! Kate leaves readers anxious to turn the page. Anxiously waiting for Kate to release the third book in this series.
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