A Very Inconvenient Scandal: A novel

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes a page-turning family drama that explores the emotional consequences of loyalty, deception and jealousy. Stunned by her recently widowed fathers reckless behavior, a young woman must learn to navigate a new worldwhere the people she should trust the most have become strangers she cannot trust at all. Frankie Attleboro returns home to Cape Cod with thrilling news. Shes met the love of her life, and theyre getting married with a baby on the way. Thats the moment her father makes his own jaw-dropping announcement: at sixty, hes getting married as well, to Frankies best friend, Ariel, who is also pregnant, and due soon. As Frankie and Ariel struggle to adjust to their new relationship, Ariels estranged mother, Carlotta, returns after a decade-long absence. She claims to be a changed womanbut is she really? And where has she been all these years? Frankie is suspicious, and as Carlottas unpredictable behavior intensifies, Frankie must untangle the threads of the past to protect Ariels futureand her own. "The characters and relationships are all smartly drawn, and the narrative is shot through with plenty of humor and scandal. Mitchard fans will lap this up."Publishers Weekly