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Thea Wyndham and Mitchell Baker, once close friends, suddenly inherit the responsibility of raising three children after their late friend's death. With minimal communication and personal relationships elsewhere, they face the challenge of forming a cohesive family unit while navigating new responsibilities and emotional complexities.
Their journey explores themes of unexpected family, interpersonal attraction, and the balance between personal desires and parental duties, set against the backdrop of their professional lives as businesswomen and advertising executives.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Jo Goodman
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