:A Novel
Susan Mallery
11/5/2025
Thorndike Press
11/26/2025
Library Reinforced
Adult Domestic Fiction/ Friendship FICTION → Family Life → Siblings
When Shannon gets engaged, her mom, Cindy, is the first person she wants to tell - and the last. Cindy's engaged, too, and has hinted at a double wedding. Victoria has never been enough for her mother, Ava, so she stopped trying. Chance brings the four women together, where a shocking secret comes out. Twenty-four years ago, desperate teenager Cindy chose wealthy Ava to adopt her baby - then changed her mind at the last second. The loss rocked Ava's world, leaving her unable to open her heart to the daughter she did adopt, Victoria. As Shannon and Victoria deal with the fallout, they wrestle with whether who they are is different than who they might have become."
