Tap cover to enlarge

Otherwise Engaged

Published
Mar 2005
Main Genre
Contemporary Romance Contemp. Romance
Rating
Pages
432

About This Book

What if you could live the life you've always dreamed of -- but never pursued? What if your choices -- married or single, career or motherhood, city or country -- could be made all over again? Bestselling author Eileen Goudge ponders "what might have been" in this tender, provocative tale of two best friends who exchange lives -- and discover the surprising places where their deepest joys and satisfactions live.

Jessie Holland is a journalist on the rise in New York City -- and she wouldn't trade her walk-up apartment or her 2:00 a.m. sushi takeout for anything. Only lately, she's been in search of a hot story, and praying her career isn't cooling off. When her editor at Savvy magazine poses a compelling question -- can you ever really go home again? -- Jessie spins the fantasy into a feature story. Could she return to her western hometown and be truly content? Can a bona fide New Yorker exchange her subway pass for an SUV and find happiness?

Erin Delahanty appears to have an enviable life as the owner of a popular bed & breakfast in a picturesque Arizona town. What's less visible are the escalating fights between Erin and her husband, Skip, and the tensions that are affecting their teenage daughter. When Skip unexpectedly leaves her, Erin turns to her best friend Jessie for comfort -- and is handed a stunning proposition: Come live in Manhattan for six months, while Jessie runs the inn and steps into her shoes.

Neither woman has anything to lose: Jessie's romance with recently divorced news bureau chief Jonathan Silver is at a crossroads, while Erin needs time to sort out her marriage. But the choices and challenges they face in their new worlds take them both by surprise....What began as a daring magazine article will change both women forever. Can you go home again? Find out in this surprising and emotionally compelling novel from one of the freshest and most original storytellers of our time.

Genres & Themes

Genres

Buy This Book

Formats & Editions

Browse the different covers, formats, and publication history for this title.

Paperback

Paperback edition cover
Mass Market Paperback
Oct 2005 Pocket ISBN 0743483413
Buy
Paperback edition cover
Trade Paperback
Sep 2015 Gallery Books ISBN 1501133896
Buy

Hardcover

Hardcover edition cover
Hardcover
First Edition Mar 2005 Pocket ISBN 0743483189
Buy

eBook

eBook edition cover
eBook
Mar 2005 Pocket ISBN 1416514589
Buy
eBook edition cover
eBook
Mar 2005 Pocket ISBN B000FCK1UW
Buy

Audio

Audio edition cover
Audible
Aug 2013 Audible Studios ISBN B00DXYK8CK
Buy
Audio edition cover
MP3 CD
Nov 2015 Brilliance Audio ISBN 1511338644
Buy
Audio edition cover
MP3 CD
Mar 2017 Brilliance Audio ISBN 1536665568
Buy

Large Print

Large Print edition cover
Hardcover
May 2005 Thorndike Press ISBN 0786274425
Buy