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Otherwise Engaged

by Susan Mallery

A family shaped by a choice decades earlier

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A family shaped by a choice decades earlier

Two engagements bring four women into one another’s orbit, but the family tensions run deeper than wedding plans. The central revelation reaches back twenty-four years, to Cindy’s decision about adoption and the lasting consequences for Ava and her adopted daughter, Victoria. As Shannon and Victoria face what the secret means for their families, the story connects questions of identity and belonging with the paths people might have taken. Its sibling-and-family focus gives the romantic milestone a wider context: choices made by one generation continue to affect the next.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in family stories centered on mothers, daughters, and siblings.
  • Readers who enjoy fiction exploring adoption, identity, and the long-term effects of family decisions.

Themes

Family relationshipsAdoptionIdentity and belongingIntergenerational consequences

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Book overview

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.

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