Dancing Over the Hill

Cathy Hopkins writes midlife women's fiction with genuine warmth and a light hand. Cait and Matt have been married thirty years and have quietly become strangers under one roof, and Hopkins makes that recognizable without being gloomy. The supporting cast — widow Lorna and newly-single Debs — keeps things funny and honest. The real strength here is the way humor and emotional truth sit comfortably side by side. The caveat worth noting: an old flame reappears and stirs up romantic feelings in a married woman, which some readers may find uncomfortable, and the genre conventions mean the story lands where you expect it to. Best for adult women who enjoy lightly comic domestic fiction. No explicit content.