The Cul-de-Sac War

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Bree Lake is a flighty thespian who meets dreamy Chip at the theatre. Bree soon finds out that Chip is her new nightmare neighbor.

Bree and Chip have a meet-cute at the theatre where Bree is performing in A Midsummer Night's Dream. She looks for him in the audience and sees him with his girlfriend, so she sneaks out and goes home. Behind her is the most annoying truck in the world. They both drive to her quiet cul-de-sac, where the driver is, of course, Chip.

Bree has a hard time keeping a job, and Chip has just left his family business to start one of his own. Bree's housemate is crazy, wanting to go off the grid and take away things like electricity and WiFi. Because the house belonged to her grandmother, Bree is reluctant to leave despite less than ideal living conditions.

Bree and Chip enjoy torturing each other. His dog knocks her down; she makes him move his electric fence. He sends her crazy magazine subscriptions; she signs him up for email lists and leaves magazines about addiction on his porch for his girlfriend to see. Their "war" becomes increasingly ridiculous, like something you'd only see in a scripted TV show.

Keeping each other constantly in their thoughts leads them to realize their feelings of hatred are quite the opposite.

This book is a good diversion for people looking to step out of reality. Romance readers will be left wanting more, but fans of women's fiction will enjoy the relationship.

Melissa Ferguson works at King University as an assistant professor. She lives in Bristol, Tennessee.

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Narrator: Kate Rudd

Running Time: 8 hours, 21 minutes

Release Date: November 10, 2020

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