More Than Friends- Barbara Delinsky

# of book read so far this year: 11

Title: More Than Friends

Author: Barbara Delinsky

Year Published: 1993

Rating (1-5): 4

Date Finished: 2/23/08 2:30 in the morning!!!!!

Genre: Contemporary Romance

# of pages: 484

Number in Series: -------

Where did the book come from: the store

Why I read it: I enjoy reading books by Barbara Delinsky, so I'm sure that caught my attention when I saw it in the store

Blurb (story line): The Popes and the Maxwells are best friends and neighbors. The Pope's Son John and the Maxwells Daughter Leigh, are an item. The Pope's Daughter Zoe, and the Maxwell's Daughter, Jana are best friends. The Maxwells also have a 13 year old son named Michael. One afternoon, Same Pope has just won a huge case and goes home to find Annie so they can celebrate. When Annie's not at home, he goes to Teke Maxwell's house, who is Annie's best friend. Teke is a little distraught at the moment because she has just recieved a letter from a past lover named Grady. Teke and Sam get caught up in the moment and end up making love. Unbeknownst to them Michael comes in, wanting to ask his mom for money to buy concern tickets.....he sees them and rushes outside and across the street. As he is crossing the street, he is hit by a car that he ran out on front of. The driver of the car happens to be Grady. Michaels recovers from the accident, once he wakes up from his coma,.......one of the first things he remembers is seeing Teke and Sam. This is one of the first things out of his mouth. This results in J.D. and Teke getting divored, and it takes a while for Jana and Leigh to trust Teke again. Annie is not sure whether or not she can ever forgive Sam, but after an incident with Jason, her TA, she realizes that maybe she can. Sam and J.D. were partners in the law firm, along with J.D.'S dad. Sam ends up resigning from the firm and is appointed Judge. He and Annie start to working on repairing their relationship. And John and Zoe start to trust him again. Meanwhile, Jon and Leigh announce they are expecting a child, which brings the families close again.

My personal thoughts and comments: I thought J.D. was a jerk in the beginning, but did notice that after the divorce he started acting more like a father. I was hoping Annie would Forgive sam throughout the whole book. I really liked Grady could tell that he had deep feelings for Teke. They seemed like a much better match than Teke and J.D. The only thing I did not like about this book was that it seemed a bit slow moving at times which is why I only gave it a 4. Other than that, I enjoyed it. I thought it would be more like The Woman Next Door, but it wasn't. It focused on many other issues besides just the infidelity.