Fearing eternal singledom, childhood friends Kate and Paul make the age-old vow that if they don't find love by thirty, they will marry each other.
Years later, with the deadline of their 30th birthdays approaching, the unlikely couple decide to keep their teenage promise. After all, they are such good friends. Surely that's enough to make a marriage?
Now, on the eve of their 10th wedding anniversary, they will discover that love between men and women is more complex, and more precarious, than they could ever have imagined. As Kate struggles with a secret that reaches far into their past, will the couple's vow become the very thing that threatens their future?
You always wonder if childhood promises are remember, and what would happen when they are followed through. Is a childhood promise enough to base a marriage on? This book kept me captivated by exploring the present, the early adult years as well as the childhood as I read. It even gave me a lump in my throat at the end!
Years later, with the deadline of their 30th birthdays approaching, the unlikely couple decide to keep their teenage promise. After all, they are such good friends. Surely that's enough to make a marriage?
Now, on the eve of their 10th wedding anniversary, they will discover that love between men and women is more complex, and more precarious, than they could ever have imagined. As Kate struggles with a secret that reaches far into their past, will the couple's vow become the very thing that threatens their future?
You always wonder if childhood promises are remember, and what would happen when they are followed through. Is a childhood promise enough to base a marriage on? This book kept me captivated by exploring the present, the early adult years as well as the childhood as I read. It even gave me a lump in my throat at the end!