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Simon and Schuster
March 2013
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Featuring: Grace McAllister; Victor Hansen
386 pages ISBN: 1451640579 EAN: 9781451640571 Kindle: B008J4E29O e-Book
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Women's Fiction Contemporary
Thirty-six-year-old Grace McAllister never longed for children. But when she meets Victor Hansen, a handsome, charismatic divorced restaurateur who is father to Max and Ava, Grace decides that, for the right man, she could learn to be an excellent part-time stepmom. After all, the kids live with their mother, Kelli. How hard could it be? At thirteen, Ava Hansen is mature beyond her years. Since her parentsβ divorce, she has been taking care of her emotionally unstable mother and her little brotherβshe pays the bills, does the laundry, and never complains because she loves her mama more than anyone. And while her fatherβs new girlfriend is nice enough, Ava still holds out hope that her parents will get back together and that theyβll be a family again. But only days after Victor and Grace get engaged, Kelli dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances and soon, Grace and Ava discover that there was much more to Kelliβs life than either ever knew.
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