Emotionally Expensive: How Not to Lose a Perfect Man

Happiness is like a little bird perched on a fence: startle it, and it flies away. Xavier Kowalczyk doesn't believe in happiness. After a brutal divorce left him emotionally bankrupt, the Beverly Hills plastic surgeon rebuilt his life around rules, routines, and emotional distance. It's a system that works beautifully, right up until Yolanda Flynn crashes into it. Yolanda owns one of Los Angeles's most prestigious art galleries and approaches life the way other people approach fireworks. She believes life should be lived loudly, love should be reckless, and decorative lemons absolutely belong in every room. She is everything Xavier avoids: chaotic, fearless, and stubbornly optimistic. Their attraction is immediate. Their compatibility is nonexistent. As friendship turns into something far more dangerous, Xavier and Yolanda discover that falling in love isn't the hard part. Staying there is. Heartfelt, hilarious, and achingly romantic, Emotionally Expensive is the story of two people who were completely wrong for each other, until they became exactly what the other needed.

Pages: 383, Paperback, Independently published