Margaret Hall was devastated by the death of her husband, Nate, only to be served another gut punch when she discovered the nefarious affair he’d been having with her friend and sister-in-law, Chelsea. Margaret’s devastation became the determination she needed to hurdle the barbed obstacles of anger, fear, and self doubt about being a disabled single parent to her son, James, and younger daughter, Janey. Now, five years later, a happier, braver Margaret Hall is managing her family, friends, and illness quite well. Margaret tells her best friends, Marie and Adeline, about running into her handsome new neighbor, Brian Hart. However, with Brian’s good looks and charm comes a secret, and the not-so-dearly departed Nate’s past transgressions reach from beyond the grave to upend Margaret's life yet again. Marie Pierce is a fit-for-speed doctor’s wife and mother to twelve-year-old Greyson. Marie has spent the last five years building a fitness business and fitting her nose into every bit of Margaret’s business because that is what best friends do—especially when there’s a new neighbor to be suspicious of. A phone call from her husband, William the pediatrician, will mean Marie’s greatest challenge yet. Adeline Hayes loves Tim. When they got married, she had naively thought forsaking all others would be easy. Now, after years of marriage and two daughters, thinking of spending the rest of her life pretending is agonizing. What happens when Tim sees another side of Adeline? Can they find a way forward? Envy is about how life can be strange and at times cruel and confusing. With glorious moments nothing short of magical, delightful, and inappropriately hilarious, Margaret learns that life is more than right now. In times of hopelessness, she will hold fast, be brave, and grow to be true to who she is.
