A Little Ray of Sunshine

A kid walks into your bookstore and Guess what? Hes your son. The one you put up for adoption eighteen years ago. The one you never told anyone about. Surprise! And a huge surprise it is. Its a huge surprise to his adoptive mother, Monica, who thought she had a close relationship with Matthew, her nearly adult son. But apparently, he felt the need to secretly arrange a vacation to Cape Cod for the summer so he could meet his birth motherwithout a word to either her or his dad. Its also a surprise to say the leastto Harlow, the woman who secretly placed her baby for adoption so many years ago. Shes spent the years since then building a quiet life. She runs a bookstore with her grandfather, hangs out with her four younger siblings and is more or less happily single, though she cant help gravitating toward Grady Byrne, her old friend from high school. Hes moved back to town, four-year-old daughter in tow, no wife in the picture. But shes always figured her life had to be child-free, so that complicates things. When Matthew walks into Harlows store, she faints. Monica panics. And all their assumptionsabout what being a parent really meansexplode. This summer will be full of more surprises as both their families are redefinedand as both women learn that for them, theres no limit to a mothers love.