Good Things
by Mia King
Published by Berkley Trade
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Reviewed by Jilian Vallade
Debut author Mia King has written a warm and touching story about a woman's journey to self-discovery and love.
Deidre McIntosh is Seattle's Martha Stewart. She has her own television show, Live Simple, where she shows women how to beautify their homes and lives in the simplest ways possible. Deidre loves her local celebrity status and loves that she shares a home with her best friend, who is gay.
Unfortunately, Deidre loses everything she loves in the span of a week. A rival show is launched on a competing station and rather than fight it out, her station manager decides to cancel Live Simple. Out of a job, Deidre returns home one night to find out that her best friend is in love and will be moving out. To make matters worse, her name was never added to the lease, so she has to leave too. In a chance encounter, she meets Kevin Johnson, a handsome stranger who offers her the use of his cabin in the woods until she gets back on her feet. Deidre takes him up on his offer and moves out to Wish Lake set on finding a way to rebuild her life. What she didn't count on finding was love.
Good Things is about reconnecting with the little things that make life good. During Deidre's time at the cabin in Wish Lake, she relearns the importance of truly living simply, which incidentally, is entirely different from what she was espousing on her show.
I enjoyed reading about Deidre and the people she meets at Wish Lake. My only complaint would be that book seems to wander a bit in the middle, making it easy to put down for long stretches of time. Regardless, I enjoyed the story the author crafted and I'm looking forward to her next book.
Armchair Interviews says: A very nice read.
Author's blog and website can be found at http://MiaKing.wordpress.com