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Everything In Its Place by Evelyn Palfrey

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After a parent raises her children, she should be able to stroll into the sunset and enjoy her twilight years in peace, and without the headaches of taking care of someone else's child. Unfortunately, this was not to be the case for Bobbi Strickland, the protagonist in Evelyn Palfrey's latest novel, Everything in Its Place. When Bobbi was barely out of her teens, she was a single-parent raising her twin children, Darcy and Darlene. Now in her middle years, she's raising her grandchild and Darlene's daughter, Monee. Monee has been with her grandmother since she was a tot; and now she is a normal, well adjusted but active preteen who keeps Bobbi busy shuffling her from one activity to another. Except for choir rehearsal and Bobbi's career, as the principal of an inner-city elementary school, Bobbi really doesn't have a life outside of taking care of Monee and worrying about Darlene. So when Ray, handsome, retired Armed Force personnel, newly divorced, and very handy around the house, enters Bobbi's life it is unexpected but can it lead to a pleasant surprise…riding into the sunset and living happily ever after?

Once again Palfrey has graced the reader with an entertaining and compelling read about "marvelously mature" adult romance. Bobbi & Ray are characters that we can easily relate to as they deal with the drama of raising adult children and trying to get a little adult romance going on the side. As is her norm, Palfrey doesn't just bring us a relationship saga but she also gives us characters that are three-dimensional and have lives beyond the (bedroom) sheets. And finally, it just wouldn't be a Palfrey novel without mystique, intrigue and suspense…shocking and surprising plot twists and turns.

Palfrey's Everything in Its Place is a solid page turner that held me captive and able to finish in one sitting. On the APOOO scale, its 4.5 stars, and I recommend it to others who like mature reads with realistic drama.

Yasmin
APOOO BookClub

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