Chasing Love

Matilda Fontanilla, better know as Tilda, is a mother of three beautiful children. Now 47, she discovers her husband, Christopher, has been unfaithful. Over the years he has shown little respect for her and has treated the children like strangers. So Tilda does what any smart woman would do in a failed relationship—divorce.

Thus begins a new chapter in Tilda’s life as she learns the ropes of Internet dating and being courted by a dream guy, David, fifteen years her junior.

Ju Ephraime’s novel, Chasing Love, has at its core an older woman unlucky in love finding affection with a younger man through social media. Ephraime develops key plot points around Mother’s Day—the same day she met her husband and coincidentally—the day the couple split. Naturally, Tilda meets David on Mother’s Day.

Ephraime’s novel deals with many problems couples cope with today in raising children while trying to keep their private lives separate. As a single dad who raised two daughters, I related closely to Tilda’s life circumstances. David’s single life reminded me of my bachelor days and the loneliness I experienced finding love.

Though this blog is for YA books, Chasing Love doesn’t fit that genre. However, the ideas the book contains, the emotional pot Ephraime stirs with her vivid writing style as her novel unfolds, provides lessons and inspiration for readers from 16-96.

Note: The book does have some sexual content.

About the Author

Award winning author, Ju Ephraime, aka Julia E. Antoine, lives in a small Connecticut town with her devoted dog, Bondine. She began writing professionally when she was 19 years old. She holds two Masters degrees and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University. She enjoys writing stories for children using her given name, and writes steamy love stories under her Ju Ephraime pen name.