Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin

Emily Giffin loves to tackle awkward situations. Her debut novel, Something Borrowed explores what happens when your best friend falls in love with the love of your life, they get engaged, then her new fiancee falls in love with you. It's the same story with her latest novel, Love the One You're With. I knew I had to read it, regardless of the fact that the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song of the same name was a "theme" for a spring break once spent in the Bahamas.

Giffin does not disappoint. Her main character, Ellen, has just recently married the greatest guy ever, Andy. Good-looking, successful and a true Southern gent, the two are starting their lives together in NYC, when out of the blue, Ellen runs into her ex, Leo. Leo, "the one that got away," is the exact opposite of Andy - a hipster writer with dark hair and dark moods. To say their relationship ended badly is an understatement. Leo contacts Ellen after their run-in about a possible photo shoot, as Ellen has become a well-known photographer. Ellen is torn between her past and her present when all of a sudden she is presented with a life-changing decision. What will she do?

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