Neighbors (The Real Thing Collection, #6)

by Elizabeth LaBan

Back when I was growing up, pop culture gave us Laverne and Shirley, Lucy and Ethel, Thelma and Louise, the Golden Girls. But as important as these women were to one another, there was little or no public conversation about their relationships, no acknowledgment or celebration of their role being equal to that of a romantic soul mate—or, dare I say, sometimes more important. So many of my generation and I were convinced that when we found our romantic partner—our Disney prince, the hero of our own personal rom-com—our friends became ancillary, extras in the movie of our lives. But the truth is—and it took a long time for me to learn this—my friendships with Elizabeth and a small, sacred group of other women would become the reason I feel safe in the world. It’s been eighteen years, and through every major change of my life, I have chosen Elizabeth.