Private Lives

April 15, 2003
Orphaned at five, Elizabeth learned early to depend on herself and her foster sister, Gina. Now in her thirties and an award-winning children's author, Elizabeth prides herself on maintaining control of her life by trying to forget about the father she lost in a fire, the two sisters that she hasn't seen for more than 20 years, and the haunting mistakes of the past. But when Gina and her daughter move in with her while fighting a difficult custody battle with Gina's ex-boyfriend, Austin, Elizabeth's carefully constructed world begins to crumble. She is harshly grilled by Austin's handsome lawyer and contacted by her long-lost sisters, and she discovers that her good friend and neighbor may be sick. Then things really spin out of control, and for the first time in her life, Elizabeth must ask for help and in the process finds the family she has always desired and the man of her dreams. Full of mystery, passion, and suspense, Young's dramatic romance is downright captivating.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2003, American Library Association.)