Andrea Ring

Heartbroken that Alec has left, Hope searches for comfort. She turns to ex-husband Matt, but neither of them is ready to recommit. She turns to best friend Martika, but Marti’s pregnant and her husband’s just been deployed. She turns to her mother, but that relationship is complicated.

So she turns to her music.

Hope finally embraces the rock star within her. The trick will be finding a man who’s okay with that.

Steamy romance with a little bit of funny thrown in! If you like Bridget Jones, you’ll love Hope Cruz.

Six months ago, Hope’s childhood-sweetheart-turned husband Matt left her for a grad student. Worried her daughter is seriously depressed—she won’t even pick up her guitar!—Hope’s meddling mother insists she see a therapist, and Hope’s shocked when the therapist suggests she have a wild affair. After being with one man her entire life.

And she needs to do everything differently—find a new hobby, mix up the routine, get a little adventurous. She has to figure out what she wants out of life without Matt in it.

Hope’s in for a wild ride.

Martika finally gives birth, and Hope helps her every step of the way. They run into Noah, the sexy EMT, at the hospital, and he and Hope start seeing each other.

But when Martika leaves her baby alone with Hope for the first time, tragedy strikes. Is Hope strong enough—and are her relationships strong enough—to see her through the crisis?

Hope and Noah are taking things slowly and having fun. But when his sister comes to town with her new boyfriend—star baseball pitcher Ricky Hernandez—things go off the rails. Ricky kisses Hope unexpectedly, they’re caught, and Noah has a hard time believing that Hope didn’t want that kiss.

And then Martika gets a dreaded phone call: Benny’s been injured while on deployment. Can Hope hold her relationships together, or will everything fall apart?

After witnessing domestic abuse on the job, Noah loses it and is suspended. And the first person he turns to is Hope.

Hope’s always willing to help a friend. But is she willing to face Noah’s demons and accept him completely?