The Actor and the Housewife

Becky is seven months pregnant with her fourth child when she meets her dream actor Felix Callahan by chance Twelve hours one elevator ride and one alcohol-free dinner later something has happened though nothing has happened it isnt sexual It isnt even quite love But soon Felix shows up in the Utah burbs to visit and before they know whats hit them Felix and Becky are best friends Really Beckys husband is pretty cool about it Her children roll their eyes Her best girlfriend cant get her head around it But Felix think Colin Firth and Becky have something special something unusual something completely impossible to sustain Or is it Shannon Hales latest novel is at turns hilarious and heartbreaking completely real and utterly surreal too One of those magical stories that explores all the permutations of what happens when your not-so-secret celebrity crush walks right into real life and changes everything.