Be Careful What You Wish For

The ad in the local paper read, “If nothing else has worked, what have you got to lose?  Only those unwanted pounds.  Hypnosis is safe and painless, and it gets results.  Gain poise and confidence. You can change your life!”  Two of the women who answered the ad were neighbors who hardly knew each other before the slim, elegant French-Canadian hypnotist with a beguiling foreign accent came to town, but they bonded over a shared desperation to lose the weight that had plagued them forever.  For Andrea, hypnosis was a last-ditch effort to save her marriage.  For Sally, it seemed like a way to finally lead a healthier life and get some respect.  Mme. LaMince promised to make things better, and she did – at first.  But after Andrea’s handsome, successful husband meets the glamorous hypnotist who has his wife under her influence, unexpected consequences threaten to destroy a friendship, a marriage, and even a life.  When Sally begins to suspect that there’s something going on between Andrea’s husband and Mme. LaMince, she can’t be sure she isn’t imagining it, and she’s plagued by doubt: Does a true friend keep a secret like the one she thinks she’s discovered?  Can’t Wait is a captivating story of friendship, love, heartache, and mystery.

AMAZON REVIEW: 5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing page-turner for book clubs looking for something new

It’s a good thing that writing is a portable enterprise. While moving over a dozen times in thirty years, Carol Weiss Rosenberg published features, profiles, humor, reviews, and short stories in magazines and newspapers from coast to coast. The charms and quirks of the places she’s lived and the people she’s met animate her work. The picturesque canal-side village in Upstate New York she once called home inspired the setting for both Can’t Wait and her previous novel, Waiting for Prince Charming. Praise for Prince Charming: “Don’t pass up this book because you think you know what’s going to happen. What happens will surprise you.” – Amazon Review