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    Custody: A Novel
    Custody: A Novel
    Custody: A Novel
    Audiobook11 hours

    Custody: A Novel

    Written by Nancy Thayer

    Narrated by Angela Dawe

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    About this audiobook

    A secret in a woman’s past returns to change her life forever in this riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Now available for the first time in audio!

    Ambitious, brilliant, and engaged to a wonderful guy, Kelly MacLeod feels like her dreams are coming true when she lands a prestigious appointment as a judge in the Massachusetts Family Court. A passionate advocate on behalf of children of divorce, she can at long last put her fierce intellect to good use in the courtroom.

    But a chance meeting with a charismatic man forever changes Kelly’s life. Randall Madison is a successful doctor locked in a custody battle with his soon-to-be ex-wife. The two are soon swept into a passionate affair. But then Kelly realizes that a secret ties her inextricably to Randall’s case, and she finds herself torn between her moral judgment and her deepest desires.

    Praise for the novels of Nancy Thayer

    “The queen of beach books.”—The Star-Ledger

    “Thayer has a deep and masterly understanding of love and friendship, of where the two complement and where they collide.”—Elin Hilderbrand

    “Thayer’s gift for reaching the emotional core of her characters [is] captivating.”—Houston Chronicle

    “One of my favorite writers.”—Susan Wiggs

    “Thayer portrays beautifully the small moments, inside stories and shared histories that build families.”—The Miami Herald

    “Thayer’s sense of place is powerful, and her words are hung together the way my grandmother used to tat lace.”—Dorothea Benton Frank

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 4, 2018
    ISBN9781978617551
    Custody: A Novel
    Author

    Nancy Thayer

    Nancy Thayer is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including Girls of Summer, Let It Snow, Surfside Sisters, A Nantucket Wedding, Secrets in Summer, The Island House, The Guest Cottage, An Island Christmas, Nantucket Sisters, and Island Girls. Born in Kansas, Thayer has been a resident of Nantucket for thirty-five years, where she currently lives with her husband, Charley, and a precocious rescue cat named Callie.

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    • 5/5
      Good story - some good parenting lessons are embedded in the story.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Although the plot weaving is coincidental here and there, I absolutely adored the characters, and could cross my fingers for everybody to finally find and relish their happiness.
    • 2/5
      I really disliked every character in this book. Also a number of plot sub threads were not resolved. It seemed like the author got tired of writing this book and basically just tied up what she could and called it a day.
    • 4/5
      I like her books because they are great beach reads
    • 5/5
      The characters are wonderful, women in great working positions, inspiring women.