This Is Not How It Ends by Rochelle B. Weinstein

The three main characters are so well written that they feel like friends. But is it the right decision?This is a love story looked at from every angle - the excitement of first love, the forgiveness, the needs of the characters. She knows that she needs to make a choice between the two men and the life they can each offer her but a hurricane and the aftermath force her to make a decision. He is a solid strong working man who isn't traveling all over the world and he seems to really understand her and her needs.

Then she meets Ben who is Philip's best friend and there is an immediate spark between them. As they get engaged, Charley wonders if this is the life that she really wants or does she want someone who is there when she needs him. They move to Key West together and due to Philip's wealth, they have all that money can buy but there is a problem - Philip is gone most of the time working all over the world. There is an immediate connection between them and love soon follows. I laughed with her and cried with her and she is not a character that I'll soon forget.Charlotte met Philip on an airplane. It's an emotional story and we see all of Charlotte's love, hope, guilt, sorrow and get totally immersed in her life. This is a love story - not a romance with hearts and flowers and a happily ever after storybook ending - but a true to life love story with all of its joys and problems. This Is Not How It Ends is a tender, moving story of heartbreak and healing that asks the question: Which takes more courage-holding on or letting go? Read more Forced to reexamine the choices she’s made, and has yet to make, Charlotte embarks on an emotional journey of friendship, love, and sacrifice-knowing that forgiveness is a gift, and the best-laid plans can change in a heartbeat. Soon Charlotte finds herself torn between the love she thought she wanted and the one she knows she needs.Īs a hurricane passes through Islamorada, stunning revelations challenge Charlotte’s loyalties and upend her life. When she meets Ben, she ignores the pull, but the supportive single dad is there for her in ways she never knew she desired. Second-guessing their love is something Charlotte never imagined, but with Philip’s excessive absences, she finds herself yearning for more. But just as they should be getting closer, Charlotte feels Philip slipping away.

Soon they’re settled in the Florida Keys with plans to marry.

When Charlotte and Philip meet, the pair form a deep and instant connection. Weinstein comes a moving novel of hearts lost and found, and of one woman torn between two love stories. From USA Today bestselling author Rochelle B.

This Is Not How It Ends by Rochelle B. Weinstein