The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch
A Novel

Imogen’s mother makes predictions. They aren’t always clear what they all mean, but one prediction from when she was younger has followed her through her whole life. She wouldn’t ever be first. And so, because of this prediction, no matter how hard she has tried to win competitions, or be selected a......more

the setup… Imogen Finch is an artist but she hasn’t drawn anything in a long time since she returned home to Pitt’s Corner, Oregon to look out for her mother who is considered to be/possibly clairvoyant. Long ago she declared that Imogen would never come first with anyone or in anything and that pred......more

The Predicable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch by Jacqueline Firkins Contemporary chick lit. Imogen Finch has been through a lot of heartbreak. 17 and counting. Her mother made a prediction more than twenty years prior that Imogen would never come first at anything or to anyone. Is it self destructive be......more

I just…absolutely adored everything about this. One of my favorite second chance romances I’ve ever read. Firkins could not have handcrafted a swoonier Anita-specific hero if she’d tried. And there are birds! Gah.......more

It’s like this was written for me. The title, the cover, the sprinkle of unexplainable magic within an otherwise traditional contemporary romance—absolutely everything about this book appeals to me. According to one of her mother’s many prophecies, Imogen Finch is seemingly cursed with forever being......more