India Bishop has, unexpectedly, fallen in love with her older, wealthy husband Marcus. When the couple fails to conceive a baby they turn to Annie Barrow, a young married mother with financial problems, and Julie, a beautiful Princeton student desperate to help her father beat addiction, to help them achieve their dream of parenthood. Marcus' skeptical grown daughter, Bettina, believes that her step-mother is a gold-digger and sets out to dish up whatever dirt she can find on India's hidden past. As surrogate Annie's due date approaches, an unexpected turn of events shatters the joy of India's impending motherhood and Bettina is thrust into an unexpected but fulfilling role in baby Aurora's life.
The four women in this novel share a common characteristic, namely desperation. While the plot is a bit unbelievable and each of the women's situations border on melodrama, Weiner, as usual, manages to pull the threads of the plot together into a well-written and entertaining story. This would make a great Lifetime movie!
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