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Breathing Room
Breathing Room | Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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Join the New York Times bestselling author on a journey to the sun-washed hills of Tuscany. Another sexy, wonderful, contemporary love story with all the heart, wisdom, and wit that have made Susan Elizabeth Phillips the gold standard for women's fiction. She's Dr. Isabel Favor, America's diva of self-help. He's Ren Gage, Hollywood's favorite villain. Sometimes you just know that God has a sense of humor. Dr. Isabel Favor, author of Four Cornerstones for a Favorable Life, has sacrificed everything to build her self-help empire. Then, in a matter of weeks, it all comes crashing down. She loses her money to an unscrupulous accountant, her fianc to a frumpy older woman, and her reputation to headlines denouncing her as a fraud. America's diva of self-help soon discovers she can fix everyone's life but her own. Broke, heartsick, and soul-weary, she heads for Italy in search of a little breathing room. Lorenzo Gage makes his living killing people... on the silver screen, that is. He's viciously handsome and sublimely talented. But as he begins his vacation in Italy, he's also vaguely dissatisfied. Being a villain with a face to die for has its rewards, but he hates the feeling that everything he's neglected in life is catching up with him. Then he spots Isabel sipping a glass of wine in a sidewalk caf. A good guy wouldn't think of seducing such a tidy-looking woman... but he'd never seen the fun in playing the hero. It doesn't take long for Isabel to realize she's escaped one kind of chaos only to be plunged into another. Even the shelter of a simple stone farmhouse nestled in a Tuscan olive grove can't provide her with the refuge she needsnot when the townspeople are scheming to drive her away, and her plan to restore her reputation has come up empty. And especially not when the man who deceived her refuses to leave her in peace. Breathing Room is a book for any woman who's dreamed of wandering through a vineyard, of lazing under the Tuscan sky, or of reforming a deliciously wicked man. This is a story of hope and renewal, of love and redemption when it's needed the most. Sometimes it takes a special place... a special love... a little breathing room... for life to deliver all its glorious promise.
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LoverofLit
Breathing Room | Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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"As much as we want to keep ourselves safe, we can't protect ourselves from everything. If we want to embrace life, we also have to embrace chaos."

Deeper than I expected. But still light and sweet at the same time. A good, solid happy ending.

BeansPage Great quote 💖 6y
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CarolynM
Breathing Room | Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips is pretty reliable for a satisfying #LoveStory. In this one a disgraced self help guru meets a #Famous actor while they are both keeping a low profile in Tuscany. It's funny and sexy and sweet.
#Aprella #ReadingResolutions

Cinfhen Pretty book cover 7y
emilyhaldi Sounds like a light, fun read!! 7y
Mdargusch That sounds like a good one! 7y
Reviewsbylola Tuscany sounds like an amazing setting! 7y
RaimeyGallant Nice review. :) 7y
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CarolynM
Breathing Room | Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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maich Love these😍 7y
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swishandflick
Breathing Room | Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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Took a break from the Chicago Stars series to revisit one of SEP's stand alone novels. It's been so long since I've read this one and it was fun rediscovering!

An uptight self-help guru hits rock bottom before meeting a handsome, edgy movie star known for playing the villain in an Under the Tuscan Sun setting. Yes, please! #romantsy

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stacybmartin
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I went on a Susan Elizabeth Phillips binge this past weekend. I loved the Tuscan setting - who wouldn't enjoy a two month vacation in the Italian countryside with a hot actor neighbor?

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