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The Other Woman

A Novel

Twenty-two years after a desperate choice secured the Adebayo family’s future, Joyce Williams enters their polished world carrying questions that threaten to unravel everything. As she follows the trail of a woman erased from the family’s history, Joyce finds herself drawn to David Adebayo—the very man whose life her investigation could destroy. Love, motherhood, inheritance and guilt collide as a buried truth refuses to stay buried.

Family DramaRomantic SuspenseOngoing
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