Recently widowed Evvie Drake doesn't leave her house in Maine too often. Everyone in town, even her best friend, Andy, thinks that it's grief keeping her locked inside . . . and Evvie doesn't correct them. Meanwhile, in New York City, Dean Tenney, a former Major League pitcher, is wrestling with "the yips," a condition where he can't throw a straight ball. When a friend invites him to Maine to stay for a while, Dean moves into the apartment at the back of Evvie's house. Determined to keep out of each other's way, the two of them make a deal: Dean won't ask about Evvie's husband and Evvie won't ask Dean about his baseball career. Soon, what started as an unexpected friendship turns into something more. Yes, as you would probably guess. Also, then there are stumbling blocks along the way.
I liked this book, especially because it was a nice break from the nonfiction and the psychological suspense I had been reading for a while. It's got some funny parts to it, and some genuinely realistic characters. While the story is a bit predictable, there are a few bumps in the road for both Evvie and Dean. But isn't that what makes for a good comeback story?
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