SOLVED. Fiction book, read last year, set in Michigan. The main character is a teacher who marries a woodworker who also still helps his ex-wife with house projects. [s]

[Krista]

The special needs man they take in gets scammed for a bunch of money by someone posing as his friend. The couple ends up having two daughters. The husband was a big womanizer before he met the wife. The wife has a friend who plays a mandolin. Gah I can’t think of the title!!!

[Angela]

Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny?

[Krista]

Yes!!!! Thank you