by Susan Roberts
An unflinching exploration of betrayal, forgiveness, and the healing power of a second chance.
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| January 2025; Lake Union; 978-1662509742 audio, ebook, print (333 pages); women's fiction |
This emotional and beautifully written novel had me turning pages way past bedtime to find out how it ended. My emotions were so invested in the characters and the plot that there was no way I could have gone to sleep without knowing the outcome for all of the main characters.
This story is told by two women - the wife and the 'other woman' who are both part of Eric's life. Celine has been married to Eric for over 17 years and they have one son Brian who is 12. She runs a horse farm and is buying it from her uncle with monthly payments. Even though her life with her husband is strained right now, she is happy with her family and her farm. From a young age, she dealt with issues of abandonment after her father left when she was 5 and never came back. These issues still affect her life and marriage.
Felicity is the 'other woman'. She and Eric had a one-night stand seventeen years earlier and the result was their son Justin. Over the years, Eric has worked to be a father to Justin and to make him feel loved. Many times over the years when he told Celine that he was traveling for his job, he was spending time with his other family in Chicago. Felicity feels that it's time to make them a real family and re-locates to Boston where Eric lives with his family in hopes that he'll leave Celine.
Life would have continued on the same until Brian got a diagnosis of leukemia. It's at a dangerous stage and family and friends get tested to see if they can give bone marrow to help Brian's possible recovery. When no one matches, Eric feels like he has to tell Celine about Justin because there is a good chance that he's a match for Brian and may provide a way to save Brian. Felicity doesn't want to take the chance of something happening to Justin during the procedure so she forbids it to happen. The fallout from Eric's confession affects everyone especially Justin who feels that he's been lied to for years. Celine can't believe that her entire marriage has been a lie but will do anything to save Brian.
This is the story of mothers and the unconditional love that they have for their sons. It's an emotional story about family, forgiveness, and how a diagnosis of cancer changes lives in a deep and meaningful way. It also looks at the need for truth and honesty in a marriage or relationship. The characters in this story will stay with me long after the end of the book.
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Susan Roberts grew up in Michigan but loves the laid-back life at her home in the Piedmont area of North Carolina where she is three hours from the beach to the east and the mountains in the west. She reads almost anything but her favorite genres are Southern Fiction and Historical Fiction.
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