Introduction

Imagine you're forty-four, you live in Jersey, your name is Eve--and a shiny red apple (in the form of thirty-one year old Aidan Wharton) has just been dropped in your lap. Do you resist the temptation, or go for it? Eve Merritt used to believe that being the perfect daughter, perfect wife, and perfect mom was her ticket to living happily-ever-after. When the good girl routine doesn't pay off as expected, Eve vows that from now on, she's having her apple and her Eden, too! But right from the start, there's trouble in paradise. Eve finds herself falling hard for Aidan, but with her family in an uproar over their affair, and a stalker from Aidan's past bedeviling them, it will take all of Eve's courage to overcome the decades' old conditioning of putting everyone else's happiness and well-being ahead of her own.

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Discussion Questions

1. Discuss Eve’s relationship with her parents. Is it similar to yours? How has the need for your parents’ approval shaped your sense of self-worth and molded your behavior?

2. What fairytale backdrop is used for this story? How is Eve similar to that iconic heroine? How is she different? In what ways does the storyline differ from the fairytale?

3. How does the remodeling of Eve’s townhouse mirror her journey of self-discovery?

4. What part of Eve’s self-discovery journey most resonated with you? What parallels did you draw between her journey and yours? What surprised you about her journey? Was there a specific thing she said or did that gave you a different perspective or inspired you to chip away at your gender and/or generational conditioning?

5. Eve often speaks to her readers. Did this draw you in or jar you? Why?

6. How did you feel about Will at the beginning of the book? Did you feel differently about him at the end?

7. How are Will and Aidan similar? How they different? Who do you feel Eve should have chosen? Why?

8. Discuss Eve’s relationship with her daughter, Harley. Do you feel Eve appropriately handled Harley’s objections to her relationship with Aidan? Why or why not?

9. Discuss the villain. Did you suspect this person? In what respect does the villain mirror an aspect of Eve’s personality? Why do you think the author chose to have Eve stop the villain in the manner that she did?

10. Eve’s determined to have her apple and her Eden, too. Did she succeed? Do you believe it’s possible to be your authentic self and be a good mom, a good wife, and good daughter? Why or why not?

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