First published 2017
Kate Madison built her SoHo resale shop into a thriving business after her husband died, raising four children on her own. Now her kids are adults making their own decisions, and Kate can only watch as each one takes dangerous romantic gambles. Isabelle works as an attorney at a Wall Street firm, poised for partnership, when she falls for a criminal client she represents. Julie, a designer, rushes into marriage with a charming man who sweeps her off her feet, abandoning her career to follow him to Los Angeles. Justin, a writer still finding his footing, pushes his partner to have children before they can handle the responsibility. Willie, the youngest and a tech expert, stuns the family by choosing a woman twelve years his senior. Kate wants to protect her children from heartbreak, but she learns the hardest truth of parenthood: she cannot shield them from their own choices.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Los Angeles, New York, SoHo, Wall Street
Period: 21st-century
352 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press