Review: Running on Empty

Title: Running on Empty
Author: L.B. Simmons
Series: Mending Hearts #1
Publisher: L.B. Simmons
Date Published: January 4th 2013
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I had the perfect life.

Beautiful and loving husband.Three gorgeous little girls.
Successful career.

The only thing missing was the white picket fence. I really wanted that fence.

Three years ago, I lost that life. I lost my husband. And I lost myself. But, eventually, I found my way through the darkness. I’ve made peace with my new life. I have my girls, and that’s all that matters. They are my world. I have no illusions of ever falling in love again or getting whisked away on a white horse.

But then he came back into my life. On a freakin’ motorcycle.

There’s no way I’ll let him turn my life completely upside down. Absolutely no way.

The question is…

How long can I keep pretending that I’m happy with my life being right-side up?

This book is about love, family, and second chances!

Alex, our single mother for 3 years due to the death of her husband in a car accident, have been hiding from the world through the daily monotonous motions of everyday life. She wakes up, wakes up her 3 wonderful daughters, eat breakfast, send her children to school, go to the office, comes back from work, eat dinner, goes back to sleep... then the whole ordeal starts again the next day ... and the day after that ... and the days to come. It seemed her life is really just running on empty ... barely making it through the next day. Although, I have to stress, she does enjoy her 3 daughters ... loves them so much and makes them their priority ... to the point of forgetting that she too has a life. Then comes a great person from her past .... her best friend, Blake, who had been her loyal friend since they fell apart sometime in high school for reasons Alex couldn't figure out.

Blake comes to the rescue when Alex's life starts to fall apart in shambles. And the past comes crashing back. Alex gets to know Blake all over again and is reminded of the reasons why he was her best friend in the first place. He was just a totally awesome guy. And along the story she starts to realize how she had wronged Blake in the past without even being aware of it. Truly, I cannot stop falling in love with Blake ... so we cannot blame Alex for feeling the same way! Anyway, what really strikes me the most is Alex's loyalty and love to the people she cares/cared about the most.Somehow, the reality that her husband has been dead for 3 years is not enough reason to move on to a relationship with Blake. She finds such act a betrayal to the memories of her late husband. Trust me, I do understand her sentiment ... I get where she's coming from ... but come on ... how can you deny true love when it comes knocking on your door ... for the second time around?

All in all, I really enjoyed the book and at times I find Alex hilarious!