Is There Love After 50?

Don’t Be Silly! At My Age? focuses in on the relationship between Mandy Matchett and Richard Forbes. Richard is a local mystery writer and celebrity while Mandy is the nursing director at Rancho Allegro Medical Center in Southern California. Richard is 60 while Mandy is four years his junior. Is love possible for older people? That is the premise USA Today Bestselling Author, Jacqueline Diamond, explores.

I enjoyed reading about the couple’s connection and the juggling act they had to perform keeping their career, family, and the desire to be together separate. I easily related to their circumstance, for when I was 5o, I met the love of my life. From experience, I know that Diamond’s story is more real than fantasy. 

The novel is the second book in the Sisters, Lovers &. Second Chances series and is part of the Better Late Romance line featuring older couples. 

Mandy has never been married, but in a brief encounter between her cat and Richard’s old German Shepard, Mandy feels something that she hasn’t experienced in ages. Richard, who is working on his next book in his Drake Decker mystery series, is still lonely after the death of his wife Alice. When he meets Mandy, he wonders if this could be the woman capable of filling his heart again. 

Diamond reveals a sub-plot involving a writer’s life showing readers the reality of writing a publishable story. As a writer, myself, I can attest that transforming an idea into a printable story takes time, determination, and a support group to keep one motivated and productive. 

After Mandy gets rejected by her boyfriend, who returns to his wife and children, she decides to write a pirate novel. When she learns that Richard Forbes conducts a writing class in the attic of a local bookstore owned by his father-in-law, Mandy decides to sign up. 

Don’t Be Silly! At My Age? is a sweet romance that focuses on character development and the lives of two seniors with the maturity to know they have something special within their grasp. The characters do their best to make sure their love for each other evolves in a positive direction. And, the novel proves that love can happen to people over 50. It’s an inspirational romance that will keep you reading from first to last page.

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About the Author

Jacqueline Diamond is a USA Today bestselling author of romantic comedies, medical romances, and mysteries. She has written more than 100 titles and has been honored with a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and is a two-time Rita Award finalist. You can learn more about the author on her website at jacquelinediamond.net.