Kate Ryan searches in vain for this thing called work/life balance. She’s a disaster in the kitchen who kills houseplants and obsessively watches HGTV and ESPN. Kate has no clue why she lives year-round in Phoenix because it's hotter than hell, and she prefers trendy boots over flip-flops. Kate's Now & Then Series takes readers on a perfectly imperfect journey through Amanda Harrington's life as a girl, young woman, wife, and mother. Presented with humor and realism, Amanda's road to Happily Ever After is full of twists and turns, faulty decisions with ill-fated consequences, and discerning hormones from matters of the heart.