43. Joyride

Despite Red Dress Ink as the publisher this book was far from the typical chick lit. This was a great look at how friendships can grow over the years and the importance of the bond that friends have. It was a really good read and hard to put down!

Here's a description from B&N.com:

For shy, awkward Stella Gold, the only good thing to come out of junior high gym class was her friendship with Emily Martin, the effortlessly cool rebel. Emily is now a trendy New York fashion designer with a penchant for affairs with all kinds of inappropriate men. Stella, a schoolteacher, has never strayed far from her provincial Pennsylvania hometown. Yet these two, now in their twenties, have shared everything, from bonding over the mystery of tampons and Milli Vanilli T-shirts to swapping stories about first loves and one-night stands. But there's one secret Stella has never told her best friend. . .

When Emily calls from London with startling news, Stella is faced with a choice. She must either confront a long-buried demon or let Emily make a giant mistake that just might end their friendship for good.

Joyride is a captivating novel about best friends speeding along on the road of life—unaware of the dangerous curves that await them.