Something to Navigate

Attorney Ian Powers has it all.

Now married to his childhood sweetheart, he and Mary are raising their adorable young children while caring for Ian's granddaughter and her cognitively impaired parents who live in an attached flat on Ian and Mary's farm.

The only thorn in Ian's side is Elizabeth, his ex-wife, mother to his adult daughter, and grandmother to his precocious grandchild.

Elizabeth regularly stays with the cognitively impaired adults to help care for their child. For years, she's been unsuccessfully trying to suck Ian back into her arms. But now she's noticed Wally, Ian and Mary's childhood friend.

Wally is a happily married doctor.

His adult children have moved on and he and his wife have time on their hands to enjoy an easy lifestyle. Except - he fears they are drifting apart in their empty nest.

Enter Elizabeth - an angel in a summer frock with a secret agenda that could ruin Wally's happiness.

As Ian watches from the sidelines, his ruthless determination to keep his own family intact and save his friend's marriage is about to become explosive.

"If I have to bury her in a legal hole six feet deep," he says, "So be it. I've got my shovel ready and I am not afraid to get covered in dirt."

Told from the alternating perspectives of Ian and Wally.

This multi-layered love story explores blended family dynamics, betrayal and forgiveness, lifelong friendships, marital infidelity, adults with special needs, and the beauty of a second chance, ever-lasting love.

This is the third book in the author's Second Chance series. Something to Navigate picks up where Something to Cherish ends, but it can also be read as a stand-alone story. (Something to Remember is the first book in the series.)