The Husband Habit by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Eve Bianco

Why does Vanessa keep falling for married men? Not that she knows she does. At least not at first. But every man who seems like he might be the one turns out to be someone else’s. So maybe the right thing to do is take a vow to stay single, to keep away from all men, until she can figure things out. At least work is a bright spot: It’s an anchor to be so good at something, to lose yourself in your job, and Vanessa is a whiz of a chef, so good she makes her grandstanding boss, Hawk—of Albuquerque’s chic Nuevo American restaurant hawk—look good. After all, it’s his name on the awning above the door. If only her friends and family would get on board with Vanessa’s plan and stop trying to fix her up. If she can’t fix her life, nobody else is going to get the chance to try—not her parents, not her friends, and certainly not her ultra-well-meaning but just-not-getting-it sister, Larissa. And nothing could be more with the plan than helping out at her parents’ house—gardening, keeping them fed, getting them organized with her loyal pet Red Dog by her side. Red Dog is all the companionship she needs. Until Vanessa meets Paul, her parents’ neighbor—he’s all wrong on paper, but he’s got great manners and certainly seems safe. Not bad in the kissing department, either. But just when Vanessa’s guard goes down, the red flag goes up: Could Paul be yet another married man?

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is the author of The Dirty Girls Social Club and Playing with Boys,. She is also an award-winning print and broadcast journalist, and a former staff writer for both the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe.

Eve Bianco is a graduate of The Juilliard School's Drama Division. In New York, she has performed in such plays as Bedroom Farce, An Artist's Life, and The Dybbuk by Tony Kushner. She has been seen in both film and television, and has been heard in many commercials and audiobooks. She is a proud member of The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) and lives in New York City with her two children.