First published 2019
Isabelle McAvoy works as a young intern at a Paris art gallery when she meets Putnam Armstrong, a wealthy older man who lives secluded from society. Their romance at his Normandy château leads to pregnancy, but marriage remains impossible. Back in New York, Isabelle enters what she hopes will be a stable relationship, only to discover she has made a serious error. She finds herself alone again, this time with two daughters. Eventually Isabelle discovers genuine love that brings her a third child, but fate intervenes once more. She builds a successful career as an art consultant while raising her three girls, each developing into a distinct woman with whom Isabelle shares a different bond. When a buried secret finally emerges, it draws the family together and transforms what seemed like hardship into something precious.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: second-chance, single-parent
Setting: New York, Normandy, Paris
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
288 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte