After Pickup

They can organize a pickup. A date is another matter.Gwen Crewe can make almost any plan work. At forty-nine, she would rather not need another one. Then her daughter's rehearsal schedule puts her across a table from Grant Holcomb, a fifty-one-year-old father with an easy joke, an inconvenient workday, and opinions she has no intention of sharing.Coordinating their teenagers' rides should be the end of it. Instead, coffee stretches into a walk, a ridiculous roadside attraction becomes a private joke, and dinner offers the surprising pleasure of wanting someone who disagrees with you. Away from school schedules, Grant's laugh and Gwen's competitive streak make room for something neither expected to enjoy this much.But being dependable is easier than asking for what they want. As practical favors begin to crowd their courtship, two well-meant decisions leave their children unheard and their next date in doubt. Gwen and Grant know how to keep everyone moving. Can they learn to choose each other without deciding for everyone else?Warm, playful, and closed-door, After Pickup begins Full Lives with a grown-up romance about desire, real family lives, and making time for love.