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If You Were Me - Sheila O'Flanagan (2014)

Carlotta is a high-powered businesswoman, flying in and saving companies by finding efficiencies and sometimes recommending redundancies. Carlotta, who has given up on finding heart-pounding love, is planning a simple wedding to Chris, an eye doctor, and is happy with her choice. Neither care about the location or all the fuss - just the vows. But Chris' mother does not accept Carlotta as a future daughter-in-law so it surprises her when the grand dame steps in to organise their reception when the hotel falls through. But then everything changes once Carlotta travels to Spain on business. The never-forgotten first love Luke appears in Seville. Friends first, the two of them reconnect and then in the last minute before the train leaves - he kisses her. All her feelings come back and she begins to question her life and her love for Chris. With no way of reaching out to Luke, she struggles to decipher the meaning of the kiss with her best friend Sivi. Her friend is very critical and urges her to leave her feelings for Luke behind by going back to Seville - she believes if Carlotta seems him one more time she will realise that her feelings are not real. What will Carlotta do? Marry Chris? Find Luke? Walk away from everything? This engaging book includes lovely details about Spain which will make you want to visit very soon. (MS)



If You Were Me, by Sheila O'Flanagan, sees a chance encounter throw Carlotta's carefully ordered life into chaos. The summary says: "Carlotta O'Keefe is happily engaged, and the wedding plans are coming together. She's clear about her future path, both personally and in her busy career. Maybe Chris doesn't make her heart race every time she sees him, but you can't have that feeling for ever. Can you? Then, on a trip to Seville, Carlotta runs into Luke Evans. Luke broke her heart so long ago she'd almost convinced herself she'd forgotten him. Now, he's not that boy any more, but an attractive and intriguing man. And he can explain everything that happened way back when. Suddenly Carlotta's not so sure of anything any more. Except that what she decides now will shape the rest of her life." If You Were Me is out in July 2014.

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