Description

Spring Fling is a light, funny and occasionally emotional collection of six chick-lit stories connected by the idea of spring as a season of renewal. Its heroines confront online dating, social-media pressure, workplace attraction, lost love, grief and the fear of starting over.

In “Social Bea,” a party blogger accidentally misses Adelaide’s most exclusive event and spends the night with a laid-back drummer who challenges her carefully filtered lifestyle. “Blazing Hearts” follows an aspiring firefighter who must look beyond her fantasy crush to recognize the courage and affection of a former childhood friend carrying physical and emotional scars.

The collection becomes more serious in “Second Chances,” where a woman struggles with survivor’s guilt after narrowly missing a doomed flight because she was with a married lover. The remaining stories explore middle-aged online dating, the dangers of judging people through internet searches, unexpected personal reinvention and a bundle of forgotten letters that may reconnect two people separated by the past.

Warm, contemporary and easy to read, Spring Fling mixes romantic comedy with stories about friendship, self-confidence, healing and learning to take another chance on life.