Sweet Ruin: A Novel

A grieving New Jersey wife and mother rediscovers passion, desire, and danger through an unexpected affair with a young artist, forcing her to confront marriage, motherhood, loss, depression, betrayal, and the fragile choices that could destroy everything she loves.

Elayna Leopold, thirty-five, works from home in New Jersey so that she can raise her young daughter, Hazel, while her husband puts in long hours as a lawyer in New York. Elayna is typical of women who spend their twenties chasing...