Memoirs Of A Widowed Mistress: A Love Story
by Megan Van Eyck

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Call it what you like illicit, forbidden, even wrong but falling in love outside of marriage happens every day.Megan van Eyck is your average suburban mom with a good husband, two beautiful kids, and a nice home. A reunion with college friends puts her on a plane to Hawaii next to Carlos, an attractive older married man. Phone numbers are exchanged. She thinks better of following up with him, but her curiosity gets the best of her. With one phone call, followed by a casual lunch, a five-and-a-half year love affair was born.Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress is, as the title implies, more than a book about falling in love. It "s about the ins and outs of mistresshood. It "s about being the other woman, and what it takes to maintain the facade of normalcy within her own marriage. It "s also a personal story about growing up with a mentally ill mother and a father whose ever-revolving series of girlfriends and wives served as a model for how van Eyck would and should be with men.The dynamics are powerful, messy, and even dangerous, but for van Eyck, leaving it all behind isn "t an option. The animal attraction she and Carlos share is unlike anything she "s ever experienced. The adulterous love they find is the truest love she has ever known. But in the end, when Carlos is diagnosed with Amyloidosis, a rare blood disorder, van Eyck is hit with two hard truths: mistresses are always outsiders and sometimes all the love a person has to give isn "t enough to save a life.