One day Jeremy finds Lexie sitting alone with Rodney talking and holding hands.

Rachel feels as though Rodney is still not over Lexie, and would be with her if she weren’t marrying Jeremy. By this book they are an established couple, who have been having problems in their relationship. By the end of the previous novel he starts to be interested in he and Lexis other longtime friend, Rachel. Rodney is a character featured in True Believer as a longtime friend of Lexie that has been after her for years until Jeremy came along. Doris suggests that Jeremy try to write about the journal for a new column. Doris is the town psychic and has the specialty of predicting the sex of a newborn baby, and records it all in her book. Dorris tries to help Jeremy with this problem by giving him her book. This adds to the stress of buying a new house for his new family and having a child on the way. When Jeremy and Lexie return to Boone Creek, Jeremy finds himself unable to find the inspiration to write any new columns for his magazine. The only people that know of the pregnancy are Jeremy’s long time best friend Alvin, and Lexie's grandmother, Doris. The books setting begins in New York City as Lexie and Jeremy are preparing to move Jeremy to their future home, Boone Creek.Lexie is making Jeremy keep the baby a secret from his family and friends and the residents of Boone Creek until after the wedding, because she doesn’t want people to get the wrong impression of why he and Lexie have decided to get married after only a few weeks of knowing each other. Where At First Sight begins its story is after Jeremy’s proposal.

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