false 2265842 5 From the bestselling author of <I>Woman in Red</I> comes a moving story in which an unlikely twist of fate has the potential to change the lives of three women in ways they never could have imagined. <P> "Rosie and Abigail are like family," Ina Merriweather used to say. That is, until the day Ina abruptly cast out her housekeeper, Rosie, and her fifteen-year-old daughter Abigail. Abigail felt deeply betrayed, especially by Ina's daughter Lila, who was her closest friend. Only Lila's twin brother Vaughn, with whom Abigail had been exploring the joys and heartaches of first love, showed any compassion. <P> Now, twenty-five years later, an old score is about to be settled...and an old love rekindled. Abigail is now a self-made woman who has built an empire out of the homemaking skills she learned from her mother. When Lila, who married well and for decades lived the glittering life of a Park Avenue socialite, suffers a tragic reversal of fortune, an opportunity to right an old wrong lands squarely in Abigail's lap. Lila seeks the help of her childhood friend, but learns that the only opening available at the moment is as her housekeeper and Lila has no choice but to accept. <P> At the same time, Abigail is coping with the fallout from a fire in her Mexico factory, which took the life of an innocent girl, whose mother, Concepción Morales, now seeks the rich señora she holds responsible for her daughter's death. In a collision of fate, Abigail, Lila, and Concepción are thrown together and must unite to save one another...and themselves. 2271859 2 6 2008 Domestic Affairs total:172|5:15|4:69|3:63|2:19|1:6| 172 584 297 47 1 1 false false Tue Sep 09 20:29:12 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 20:38:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 09:52:23 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 09:53:32 -0800 2009 2 1 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 12:31:24 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 12:34:50 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 13:45:25 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 19:55:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 04:37:50 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 05:54:34 -0700 2009 the entire plot of the book and leaves essentially no questions unanswered before you've even started reading. (Which, technically, probably isn't the author's fault... blame the copy writer.)

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