Change of Life — Judith Arnold

FORTY ISN'T FEEBLE

On Lila Chapin's birthday, something snapped. She packed her bags, wrote a note and left -- just like that.

Unbeknownst to her family, Lila was giving herself the present she wanted most: a month's vacation. She was going to pamper her body, feast her eyes and soothe her soul while Ken and the boys realized just how much they took her for granted.

But Lila hadn't bargained on Ken's reaction to her domestic rebellion -- and on a side of him that she hadn't known existed.

Nor had she bargained on the sweetness and wonder of a post-summer romance.