Love the One You're With

Have you ever had that one true love? That special person that makes you hot and cold at the same time? That relationship that intensifies with every move and leaves you floating on a cloud?

In Emily Giffin's book Love the One You're With, Ellen Graham has this exact same love...with her ex-boyfriend.

Of course Ellen is very happily married to the love of her life, and her best friend's brother, Andy. She has everything she could ever want with her new, sweet husband. They have a cute, little apartment in the grandest city in the world, and the perfect family in-laws. Andy's a lawyer, he's rich from his parent's southern inheritance, he's handsome, and has a great sense of humor. On top of that, he's a very easy person to get along with, and he's incredibly thoughtful. Everyone loves him! Why would Ellen ever want or need anything else?

But there's always that one moment whenever Ellen hears, smells, tastes, touches, or looks at something that reminds her of him. She's swept back into her powerful past relationship with Leo. It wasn't a bad relationship, but it was different than her relationship with Andy. Leo just didn't want a commitment. The relationship ended abruptly, and Ellen wasn't ready for that. With the help of Margot, Andy's sister, Ellen was finally able to move on from intense Leo.

Everything's going good for Ellen. Her photography career is blooming, and she's loving her newlywed life, until she sees him on a rainy New York City day. She slowly regains composure from her unexpected run-in and thinks it was "like seeing a ghost." After a polite, very brief chat with Leo in a cozy diner, Ellen focuses on her present life and pushes the past demons out of her head. Until. . .

She gets a phone call from Leo as she's on a double date with Andy, Margot and her husband. Leo has arranged for her to photograph the famous Drake Watters for a magazine cover. At first Ellen is ecstatic! This could do wonders for her career, but since it's Leo, she knows she has to turn it down. She couldn't risk being around him, which she knows it will happen since Leo is writing the article on Drake for the magazine. But. . . it is for her career, and she's a married woman now! What would it hurt?

Just to be on the safe side, Ellen invites her sister, Suzanne, along for the ride to California for the photo shoot. Coincidentally, Leo is staying at the same hotel as the girls. Again, Ellen has to push the memories of him away and stay physically far away from him. Ellen and Suzanne decide to stay in their hotel room to eat and drink, after quickly declining a dinner offer from Leo, and enjoy the night alone. The next morning, however, Ellen wakes up with the vivid details of her dream fresh in her mind. All the details consisted of Leo.

Love the One You're With is an excellent read for anyone who is in love, has been in love, or is just looking for a good chick book. It's all about friendship, family, marriage, love and long lost love. This book should be sure to thrill, entertain, and leave the reader in suspense for more. There are even a few laughs thrown in there along the way. This novel is really all about loving the one you're with, whoever that lucky person may be.