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Out of The Box Awakening (Out of the Box Book 1): A Second Chance Romance Series Kindle Edition

by Jennifer Theriot (Author), R.E. Hargrave (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

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**2016 Reader's Favorite Award Winner in Women's Fiction**
**2017 Texas Association of Authors 1st Place: Romance Series**
Olivia Petersen never gave her own happiness much thought, until the day she found it.

She's a good woman, mother, and wife, and for all intents and purposes, she's got it made. She never expected her life to change, but of course it did when she was swept from her perfect paper-doll life in Houston. Olivia finds herself in Chicago, alone, betrayed, and far from home. Soon everything she thought she knew about herself and her life will be challenged.

Enter the handsome widower Ash Harper, the man who has everything. Everything except healing from the losses of a lifetime and a deep dark family secret.

What happens when the married woman and the millionaire widower are thrown together by fate?

Out of the Box Awakening is a women's contemporary romance about second chances, shared passion and shared joy. Jennifer Theriot has written a compelling series about what happens when two people over the age of forty find new life and new love for themselves in the midst of unexpected heartache.
Recommended for readers over the age of 18. This book contains adult language and situations.

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USA Today Bestselling Author Jennifer Theriot (pronounced Terrio) hails from the Great State of Texas. She is a career woman, working as CFO of a Texas based real estate investment firm. She felt something was missing and discovered her passion for writing--mostly at night and on weekends. Jennifer took a chance that there could be an interest in romance with middle aged couples who are finding themselves at a crossroads and wrote her debut novel Out of the Box Awakening, a steamy contemporary romance, featuring an older female heroine which centers on the hope of finding happiness and passion through unexpected heartache. It emphasizes the need for family and friends. She characterizes her books as 'Grownup Romance from the Other Side of 30' In her limited spare time Jennifer enjoys being outdoors; preferably somewhere on a beach curled up with a good book. Spending time with family and friends, watching a baseball game and enjoying a good bottle of wine are usually on her to-do lists. Jennifer has three grown children and is also 'MiMi' to four beautiful grandkids - all of whom she adores. Her titles include: The Out of the Box series: Steamy Contemporary Romance with main characters over the age of 30 Out of the Box Awakening Out of the Box Regifted Out of the Box Everlasting Toccata Obbligato Serenading Kyra (a rocker romance short story, companion novella to the Out of the Box series) Unwrapping Noel (A steamy contemporary, plus-size holiday romance) Cooking with the Crazy Lady Authors A collaborative cookbook, complete with humorous kitchen mishap stories from the authors Fortune Brawling A collaborative humorous romance novella about two female musicians and life in the country music industry. Tennessee meets Texas in this laugh out loud short read. Jennifer loves hearing from her readers, so keep up with her through social media: Social Media Links: WEBSITE: http: //www.jennifertheriot.com TWITTER: @ JenTheRiot https: //twitter.com/JenTheRiot AUTHOR FACEBOOK: Jennifer Theriot, Author https: //www.facebook.com/JenniferTheriotAuthor GOOGLE PLUS: https: //plus.google.com/104495640521056792604 AUTHOR FACEBOOK: Jennifer Theriot, Author https: //www.facebook.com/JenniferTheriotAuthor GOODREADS AUTHOR http: //www.goodreads.com/author/show/7082754.Jennifer_Theriot GOODREADS BOOK LINK: http: //www.goodreads.com/book/show/17901330-out-of-the-box-awakening AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE http: //www.amazon.com/author/jennifertheriot

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CNX3MU2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jennifer Theriot; 2 edition (31 December 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 669 KB
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Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 394 pages

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USA Today Bestselling Author Jennifer Theriot (pronounced Terrio) hails from the Great State of Texas. Once her kids flew the nest, she felt something was missing and discovered her passion for writing on a dare from two of her girlfriends.

Jennifer took a chance that there could be an interest in romance with middle aged couples who are finding themselves at a crossroads and wrote her debut novel Out of the Box Awakening, a second chance at love, contemporary romance featuring an older female heroine. The book centers on the hope of finding happiness and passion through unexpected heartache. She characterizes her writing as 'Grownup Romance from the Other Side of 30'

In her limited spare time, Jennifer enjoys being outdoors; preferably somewhere on a beach curled up with a good book. Spending time with family and friends, watching a baseball game and enjoying a good bottle of wine are usually on her to-do lists. Jennifer has three grown children and is also 'MiMi' to six beautiful grandkids - all of whom she adores.

Her titles include:

The Out of the Box 3-book series:

Steamy Contemporary Romance / Family Saga with main characters over the age of 30

Out of the Box Awakening (2016 Reader's Favorite Silver Medal Winner in Women's Fiction)

Out of the Box Regifted

Out of the Box Everlasting

Toccata Obbligato~Serenading Kyra (a rocker romance short story, companion novella to the Out of the Box series)

Unwrapping Noel (A steamy contemporary, plus-size holiday romance)

Relationship Resuscitation (A spicy romantic comedy)

Part of The Juniper Court Series

The Green Room Chronicles (Spicy paranormal romantic comedies, published under the nom de plume, J.D. Frettier)

Desperately Seeking Sixty-Nine

Linda Gets Her Groove Thing

Flirty Dancing

Fortune Brawling (co-written with Hunter S. Jones)

A collaborative humorous romance novella about two female musicians and life in the country music industry. Tennessee meets Texas in this laugh out loud short read.

Jennifer loves hearing from her readers, so follow her on social media:

Social Media Links:

WEBSITE: http://www.jennifertheriot.com

BLOG: http://blog.jennifertheriot.com

TWITTER: @ JenTheRiot https://twitter.com/JenTheRiot

AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE http://www.amazon.com/author/jennifertheriot

AUTHOR FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferTheriotAuthor

BOOK BUB: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/jennifer-theriot

YOUTUBE CHANNEL: http://www.youtube.com/user/jtheriot2000

GOOGLE PLUS: https://plus.google.com/102404514817870981129/posts

GOODREADS AUTHOR http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7082754.Jennifer_Theriot

AUTHORGRAPH: http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/JenTheRiot

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Sugar & Spice

Love is for all ages!

Reviewed in Australia on 6 February 2015

I have a fondness for stories about mature people--boomer-lit. And Olivia and Ash fit the bill nicely. Olivia believes she's in a good marriage with a man she loves, a man she believes loves her back. She's raised their three remarkable children to adulthood and finds herself relocating across the country for her husbands career.

During the transition in Chicago, she discovers her marriage isn't what she thought it was. She powers through a difficult time with the help of a handsome man (that always helps!), Ash Harper, who shows her that there is so much more of life yet to live. She's in her late fifties and he's in his early sixties, so we're not talking spring chickens, which brings me to my favorite part of the story: they demonstrate that youth is a state of mind. Both of them are vibrant and active with an outlook younger than their chronological ages. I love that! Ash is musical, plays guitar, and even sings--now that's sexy! And Olivia thinks it's great, too, because she loves all types of music and likes to dance.

Jennifer Theriot does a great job of winding through the heartbreak of an unexpected divorce, new love, new opportunities, and blending two families with adult children. She also shows that first love isn't always for the young. After getting to know Olivia and Ash, I believe they experienced the thrill of 'first love' with each other, even though both had been married previously. The author shows through her characters that sometimes you don't realize you've settled until the right person comes along.

I'm looking forward to reading what comes next for Olivia and Ash.

Reviewed in Australia on 11 May 2019

4 Stars

Out of the Box Awakening is the first book in the Out of the Box Series by Jennifer Theriot. It is an emotionally charged women’s literature/contemporary romance with an older, more seasoned main characters. It isn’t what you would normally expect from a romance, as Ms. Theriot takes us one a deeper, more realistic and emotional journey. This is a second chance romance, with new beginnings, finding oneself/self-discovery, learning and growing, and much more.
We meet Olivia Petersen who has her ‘perfect’ world turned upside down by her husband’s betrayal, leaving her out of her depth, confused, and away from her comfort zone.
Ash Harper is Liv’s husbands’ former army buddy, who has experienced much pain himself. He has baggage and secrets- but they share a connection that neither can deny.
Fate throws they together, and there will be choices to be made… so will they find comfort and happiness in each other? Is he her Mr. Right- Or just Mr Right Now?
You really should read the story/series and discover all the emotional details for yourself!
An enjoyable story, even though it was a little cheesy and predictable in place, the emotional content helped to balance the story.

Thank you, Ms. Theriot!

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Rebecca, Reader and Reviewer

Passion Awakened!

Reviewed in Australia on 9 February 2015

I had read the second in this series, Out of the Box Regifted, before reading this one, but really wanted to read this one after finishing the other. I'm so glad I did. It was great learning not only how Olivia and Ash met, but how they connected so deeply and so quickly, and why. Olivia has been told by her husband--while he is out of the country--that he has fallen in love with someone else and wants a divorce. Okay, we've all read those stories. But Olivia happens to be a guest in the home of her husband's ex-military friend, Ash, when her world falls apart. Ash is there to pick her up, literally and figuratively, but Olivia stands firmly on her own two feet as she makes her way after the breakup and divorce. Realistic yet at the same time magical coupling of two people who could not be more well suited. In addition, all of their children and their children's friends make you want to stand up and cheer for the love that can be shared, and the difficulties that can be overcome, when two people like Olivia and Ash open their big hearts.

Reviewed in Australia on 18 September 2016

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An enjoyable & for once with older characters. Olivia came out of her shell after her husband left her for another woman. You guessed it was going to happen. You just waited for when it was going to happen. It is quite descriptive with lots of detail in her life. So there's really no loose ends. At times it did get a bit much as some of the detail was rather trivial. I suppose it's hard to get the right mix in a story as you're often wanting more. Other than that I thought all the characters were great, except for her ex. It was good but I didn't love it.

Reviewed in Australia on 17 April 2015

Olivia Petersen, aged 57, is moving from Houston to Chicago because of her husband's job. She is facing something of a crisis of identity and purpose, having submerged and even suppressed her own vitality and personality within the at times stifling duties and routines of marriage. She starts to rediscover her identity and self-awareness, whether through wearing sexy underwear, or having a new hair-do and a clothes re-fit. Then she gets to know a widower, Ash Harper, at whose house she and her husband are staying. With her seemingly work-obsessed husband, and her sense of personal crisis, what's going to happen? And why is her husband acting so strangely? Then she learns the truth. A book full of tension, drama, and sexual passion, as Olivia 'awakens' in every sense of the word, this is a brilliant description of a woman at a cross-roads in life who sets out on a journey of self-discovery, revitalization and rebirth. Check it out.

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Karen DiGaetano

Makes you believe you can love a second time!

Reviewed in the United States on 10 April 2014

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YouYou always hear the saying when one door closes another opens. This saying fits these books so well. I cried when Olivia cried, I laughed when Olivia laughed, and I angry when Olivia got angry. But best of all, Ash stole my heart when he stole Olivia’s. Ash and Olivia make you believe love can happen in an instant at any point in your life. After years of a very vanilla sex life, Ash broadens Olivia’s horizons. Olivia is spoiled beyond her wildest dreams.

The books don’t just focus on Ash and Olivia’s romance and relationship but the relationships they have with their respective children; and their “adopted” family that make up the band Avenue. Olivia is everyone’s mom and Ash is everyone’s dad.

My favorite band member has to be Todd. OMG he is hysterical! The F-bomb must have been his first word. He is the class clown that has so much passion he doesn’t know what to do with himself. The badass with the heart of gold. The connection he makes with Olivia is from the soul. Blessed even. When he finds love, he loves deep and show it through his music.

Something very cool....when Todd sings “FairyTale Man” in the book, you can actually listen to it. The lyrics of the song has been transformed by Five time San Antonio Guitar Wars winner Mark Odom that you can buy and listen to. I bought it and am listening to it now as I write this review. Knowing the story behind it really does bring a tear to your eyes.

I bought Awakening under 24 hours ago and I have to say, I devoured it! I kept looking at my reading progress and was thrilled that even though so much happened in the story, I had so much more to go. I felt like I was watching a mini series on a cable channel or something (I can totally see that). Never wanted it to end! Then, I remembered... I still have another book to read. So at about 1am this morning I started Regifted. Eventually I had to put it down so I could get some sleep.

Thankfully, my boss is away and I could finish this book. Engagements, trips, tours, interventions, and chaos. This second book was just as intriguing as the first as we continue Olivia and Ash’s journey in their relationship and those close to them. I don’t want to say too much, because I don’t like to give any spoilers.

All I can say is that Ms. Theroit had me hooked within the first 5 minutes of reading the first book let alone clamoring for the second. In telling the story of Olivia and Ash we can take away that love can happen at any time and can be just as fun in your golden years as it was in your 20s.

Jennifer is currently working on the third book, Out of the Box Everlasting. 2 Novellas from her other character's POV are planned as well and I can’t wait!

I was emotionally invested with all of the wonderful characters. The stories were told so beautifully that I was laughing and crying along with them. Out of the Box Awakening and Out of the Box Regifted are books definitely worth reading and I highly recommend you add them to your summer reading lists now! I give both books 5 Hearts! always hear the saying when one door closes another opens

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Sibyl Mory

A WOMAN'S REBIRTH

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 April 2015

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Olivia Petersen, aged 57, is moving from Houston to Chicago because of her husband's job. She is facing something of a crisis of identity and purpose, having submerged and even suppressed her own vitality and personality within the at times stifling duties and routines of marriage. She starts to rediscover her identity and self-awareness, whether through wearing sexy underwear, or having a new hair-do and a clothes re-fit. Then she gets to know a widower, Ash Harper, at whose house she and her husband are staying. With her seemingly work-obsessed husband, and her sense of personal crisis, what's going to happen? And why is her husband acting so strangely? Then she learns the truth. A book full of tension, drama, and sexual passion, as Olivia 'awakens' in every sense of the word, this is a brilliant description of a woman at a cross-roads in life who sets out on a journey of self-discovery, revitalization and rebirth. Check it out.

CLP

Awakening!

Reviewed in Canada on 17 September 2013

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This author's strength lies in her ability to really get inside her character's head and show what she is thinking. After her husband leaves her suddenly for another woman, we see Olivia overcome and gain strength as she gains self confidence from her new family and a new (and extremely sexy) lover, Ash. She goes from being an anxious, bored, over-thinking house wife with aspirations of her own to a confident free and independent woman with a ton of love surrounding her. A woman who has had an 'awakening'. :)

Out of the Box Awakening is a SPICY and uplifting story where everyone LOVES each other and the characters are light and chipper. Curl up in a fuzzy blanket and read it with a glass of wine!!! :) :)

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Romance about a mature woman/couple

Reviewed in Germany on 1 March 2020

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I loved that this was a romance book about a woman in her fifties, there are too few of those. The story did also tell events of kids and friends which was interesting and nice, but it felt sometimes artificially composed. Overall a nice book.

SEB

Learning to live and love all over again

Reviewed in the United States on 12 February 2015

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I had a really tough time reading this book...not only because it was out of my usual favorite genres of rocker, biker and dark romance...but because it just hit a little too close to home for me. I like to read books that are so far removed from my own personal life, that they are an escape. In this book though, we get the story of an older woman who, unknown to her, is about to lose what was essentially half of her life...her 30 year marriage.
When Olivia is forced to uproot from her comfortable Houston home and relocate in cold, windy Chicago because her husband Alan's job transfered him there, she was already fragile and vulnerable to the idea of starting over in a strange place. Their adult children were spread out over the world but she wanted to be with the man she loved and was willing to make a go of it.
Enter Ash, her husband's friend and the person who is sharing his home with them until they can get their own place. He is a gorgeous and caring widower who is smitten with Olivia at first sight and basically becomes the one to fill the void when Alan is away on a job. We get to learn about each of their children and how devoted they both are to their families. Music plays a huge role in bringing them together and between Ash's son's band and the various friends coming and going in their lives, it becomes almost a circus.
When Alan pulls the rug out from under Olivia's feet, it sets in motion many events and big changes in this lonely woman's life. Two people who were very compatible and meant to be together, find their way home despite all the obstacles thrown their way (EX-husband, jealous woman, obnoxious kids) and prove that it is never too late to find love.
A sweet and steamy starting-over story for an older generation of romance readers with enough kick to please some younger ones as well.

**** 4 **** "learning to live all over again" stars

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