The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux

The opening tag line of this book is : Have you ever wanted to rewrite your past?

While that intrigued me, I picked this book up because the 3 friends the book is based around are celebrating their 40th birthdays, as I will be later this year. Leslie, Madison and Ellie are offered the opportunity to go back in time to any 3 week period of their lives and see how the course of their existences could have been different if they had simply made different choices. They travel back in time with the understanding that they can choose to return to their current lives after the 3 weeks with or without the memories of the changes they'd made or continue living the lives that were predicated on their altered choices.

At first, I'll admit, I was skeptical about the whole time travel aspect of The Summerhouse. I tend to like my books entirely based in reality. However, Jude Deveraux writes in a way that makes the entire story believable. She also creates characters that are people you care about and find yourself rooting for. So, if you're not immediately hooked because you've often wondered what your life would be like if you'd made other choices, the characters will draw you in. This was an enjoyable read.

~Submitted by Lisa