Sheer Abandon — Penny Vincenzi

A #1 BESTSELLER FROM ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST POPULAR NOVELISTS, SHEER ABANDON IS AN ALL-CONSUMING STORY REVOLVING AROUND THE CONSEQUENCES OF A DESPERATE ACT...

IN 1985, three young women form an immediate bond while traveling together in Thailand. Fifteen years later, Martha, Clio, and Jocasta have lost touch with one another, and their carefree days have given way to complicated romantic lives and thriving careers. One of them, however, harbors a terrible secret from their time together: on her return from her travels, she abandoned her just-born daughter at the airport.

The baby is now a beautiful teenager and aspiring model named Kate, and when she sets out to find her birth mother, her quest brings the three women together again, threatening to expose the secret one of them hoped to leave behind forever.