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Giveaway Review TWO OF A KIND by YONA ZELDIS McDONOUGH @PenguinUSA @PenguinPbks

September 3, 2013 By Mary

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2013


Ten years after losing her husband, Christina Connelly has worked through the pain, focusing on raising her teenage daughter and managing her small decorating business. But her romantic life has never recovered. Still, it’s irksome to be set up with arrogant, if handsome, doctor Andy Stern at her friend’s wedding. If he wasn’t also a potential client, needing his Upper East Side apartment redesigned, she would write him off.
This is never going to work, Andy thinks. Still grieving his wife and struggling with a troubled son, he’s not looking for a woman, and certainly not someone as frosty and reserved as Christina. Their relationship will be strictly business. Yet to everyone’s surprise—including their own—these two find themselves falling in love.
But if reconciling with their pasts is difficult, blending their lives and children to create a new family is nearly impossible. They’ve been given a second chance…but can they overcome all the obstacles in the way of happily ever after?

About the Author

Yona Zeldis McDonough is the author of Two of a Kind, her soon-to-be released fifth novel, a second-chance-at-love story between a seemingly mismatched widow and widower. To read the first chapter, arrange a book club visit, or just to say hi, please contact Yona via her website or her Facebook fan pages, which she hopes you’ll “like.”
Yona’s fourth novel, A Wedding in Great Neck, was described as, “A confection that is not only a page-turner but a poignant view of family life…” by Adriana Trigiani and Booklist added, “McDonough has assembled a touching, airy novel that manages to meld the concerns of family members spanning four generations into a delightfully well-written story…With an authorial voice that switches deftly between impulsive teen-speak and a stately matriarch’s flashbacks, McDonough’s skill is to be commended. A tender, clever story with emotional heft.” A Wedding in Great Neck will soon appear in Norway.
Yona is also an award-winning children’s book author with twenty-two books to her credit and has been the Fiction Editor at Lilith Magazine for over a dozen years. She lives with her husband, two children and small yappy dogs in Brooklyn, New York.

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Christina Connelly, a widow and interior designer, is just scrapping by, raising her teenage daughter for the last ten years.  Hoping for new business, she is introduced to Dr. Andy Stein at a friend’s wedding.  Dr. Stein, a widower himself with a troubled teen son, has decided that he doesn’t have time for a relationship. There is no “cute meet” nor is there any connection between the pair — at first.  One thing leads to another and romance blooms, and they start an affair that neither one figures can go the distance unless they can avoid the usual pitfalls of family, their careers and the two teens.

Told in alternating voices, Andy is devoted to his OBGYN practice to the point of ignoring his son, Oliver, who really needs his father.  Christine’s business in on downward slide and she is trying to help her daughter become a dancer, but with a declining income, she must take work harder than ever.  Her daughter, Jordan, could be a whole story in itself, dealing with anorexia and the intense pressure of perfection.  Both of these kids are somewhat angry about their respective parents’ deaths.

The story is a perfect balance of description and dialogue, all very believable.  To see these two people come together and make a family is just wonderful.  The extended family members and their meddling are really what make this story ring true.  I actually know a couple that had a similar situation, almost down to the careers, so I was wondering how this author captured something so true to life!  Fans of Robyn Carr and Susan Mallery are going to love this!


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Comments

  1. holdenj says

    September 3, 2013 at 11:54 am

    Looks like a good read! Thanks for highlighting it today. I like the cover and the divide in the aisle is particularly compelling.

  2. traveler says

    September 3, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    Thanks for this captivating giveaway. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

  3. Kritter says

    September 3, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    My mom just read this book and rave reviews, it is definitely on my wishlist!

  4. Rita says

    September 3, 2013 at 6:45 pm

    Great review, I can’t wait to read the book.

    Kit3247(at)aol(dot)com

  5. kathy p says

    September 3, 2013 at 7:03 pm

    thanks for the giveaway!

  6. kathy p says

    September 3, 2013 at 7:03 pm

    thanks for the giveaway!

  7. JJT says

    September 3, 2013 at 7:09 pm

    Sounds great. Thank you for the giveaway. jtretin at aol dot com

  8. Margie says

    September 3, 2013 at 7:54 pm

    Sounds like a great love story. Thanks for the giveaway.
    mtakala12 AT yahoo DOT com

  9. Helen L. says

    September 3, 2013 at 8:18 pm

    Love 2nd chance stories.
    gmapeony@yahoo.com

  10. Kim Pinch says

    September 3, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    Susan Mallery and Robyn Carr are two of my favorite authors. Thank you for suggesting this book, I am definitely adding for my TBR.

  11. Victoria Zumbrum says

    September 3, 2013 at 10:59 pm

    Thanks for the giveaway. I really want to read this book. Sounds very good. Tore923@aol.com

  12. MsChris1161 says

    September 4, 2013 at 12:31 am

    Sounds like a great story and the cover is very eye catching!

  13. Linda Kish says

    September 4, 2013 at 1:20 am

    The storyline sounds like something I would enjoy.

  14. Angela says

    September 4, 2013 at 2:40 am

    Good review. I would love to read this book

  15. Beth says

    September 4, 2013 at 3:18 am

    This sounds great–a romance for grown-ups.

  16. nylnestill says

    September 4, 2013 at 3:48 am

    Yona Zeldis McDonough is a new author for me,I would love to try To of a Kind.

  17. Nancy says

    September 5, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    Sounds like a nice read, thanks.

  18. Heidi Schuster says

    September 6, 2013 at 10:46 pm

    This sounds like a great real-life story. Can’t wait to read it!

  19. LAWonder says

    September 8, 2013 at 9:02 am

    Another awesome giveaway. You are so nice!

  20. Becca says

    September 8, 2013 at 10:17 pm

    This book sounds really good 🙂

  21. rhonda says

    September 9, 2013 at 6:43 pm

    Reviews have been great.

  22. denise226 says

    September 14, 2013 at 12:41 am

    thanks so much for the giveaway denise smith denise226@verizon.net

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