“It Had to Be You” by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

With any favorite book, part of one’s love for it has to do with the memory of first reading it. Years ago I found this novel in Florence, Italy, of all places. It was a very very hot afternoon, and my husband and I were reading and drinking gin-and-tonics. I started laughing aloud, and finally I laughed so hard that I actually fell off the couch. My husband raised his head, narrowed his eyes, and said: ‘Did you have another gin-and-tonic?’ I hadn’t. I was giddily drunk on Phillips’s brilliant, utterly witty dialogue.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips provides spectacular reading entertainment. Hers is a deliciously unique voice in the world of women’s fiction. No one tops her when it comes to writing outrageous, heartwarming, wonderfully sensuous romance. She makes you laugh, makes you cry—makes you feel good

Dan Calebow is one of the most vivid, intense romantic heroes ever written. After reading this book, I would watch football games on television and expect to see him pacing the sidelines of the field, coaching the team to victory…or defeat. And I don’t even like football. Heroine Phoebe Somerville makes an excellent foil for him; she’s the smart blonde playing dumb. This book got me hooked on Susan Elizabeth Phillips for life.