She said yes! (But don’t tell Mom)
Dear Reader,
Imagine that the love of your life has just proposed. You’re 24 years old and thrilled beyond reason! He’s the best guy you know, and by some miraculous stroke of luck, he loves you as much as you love him. The moment you say yes, you want to shout the news to the world! Just one problem: your mom is engaged, as well. Your very loving, very co-dependent mom, who will 100% for sure want to have a mother-daughter double wedding if she finds out. Nooooooo!
That’s the situation Shannon’s in at the beginning of my brand-new book, Otherwise Engaged, which is in stores today. I am so excited about this story! Shannon and her mom Cindy are as close as a mother and daughter can be. As a single teen mom, Cindy loved her baby girl with all her heart, which is why she couldn’t bear to let her go, even though she had promised to let wealthy, polished, married Ava adopt her.
Otherwise Engaged is Victoria’s story, too—the girl that Ava did adopt. Victoria and Ava have a fractious mother-daughter relationship, in large part because Ava’s heart was so wounded when she lost Shannon all those years ago. Victoria, always a handful, became a rough-and-tumble stuntwoman—not exactly the well-heeled daughter Ava had in mind.
Hurry and buy Otherwise Engaged now or get on the list at your local library. I can’t wait to hear how it makes you feel! This story is brimming with positivity and joy. A true reading escape that I think you’ll want to read again and again.
A twisty, tender and wise look at how secrets can transform the powerful—and sometimes problematic—bond between mothers and daughters, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery.
When Shannon gets engaged, her beloved mom, Cindy, is the first person she wants to tell—and the last. Cindy’s engaged, too, and has already hinted at a double wedding. The image of a synchronized bouquet toss with her mom fills Shannon with horror. She’ll keep her engagement a secret until Cindy’s I-dos are done.
Victoria has never been proper enough for her mother, Ava, so she stopped trying. She lives on her own terms and amuses herself by pushing Ava’s buttons. Ava loves but doesn’t understand her stuntwoman daughter. When a movie-set mishap brings Victoria home, Ava longs to finally connect.
Chance brings the four women together at a wedding venue, where a shocking secret comes tumbling out. Twenty-four years ago, desperate teenager Cindy chose wealthy Ava to adopt her baby—then changed her mind at the very 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 from the decisions their mothers made, they wrestle with whether who they are is different than who they might have become.
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