Bittersweet Surrender, By: Diann Hunt

I received this book from BookSneeze in exchange for my honest opinion. Bittersweet Surrender by Diann Hunt is about Carly Westlake finally getting her life back after dealing with a bad divorce and a battle with breast cancer. Business at her chocolate spa is starting to pick up, and her childhood crush, Jake, (who is also her brother's best friend) is moving back into town and he is ready to move full speed ahead with the Internet relationship they've had going on. Her best friend, Scott, who has always been there for Carly and helped her through her hard times of divorce and cancer always goes above and beyond being there for Carly. Carly is nervous about Jake's return. She is uncomfortable about her weight and her body after the mastectomy she had. Scott helps her feel better about herself and encourages her to go running with him. Jake arrives into town and is the typical man-jerk and not at all how Carly remembered. She tries to make it work, but soon realizes her heart just isn't in it. Meanwhile, after Scott has seen Carly with Jake he begins to get jealous and soon realizes that he has romantic feelings for Carly. As far as stories go, this one is pretty predictable, but definitely a feel good "chick flick" story. The first few chapters were hard for me to get into, but as the characters developed I found myself liking the book way more than I anticipated. I would recommend to a friend.