Confidences — Penny Hayden

THEY WERE THE CLOSEST OF FRIENDS

They were four talented women who shared their dreams and disappointments... in men, in love, in life. But it was the confidences they didn't share that could devastate them--and change the course of their lives forever....

Seventeen years ago, one of them gave birth to a baby boy--and then gave him up for adoption. Now that boy is gravely ill, and his only hope for recovery is to track down his biological mother. But which woman is she, and how many other lives will her secret touch?

Naomi is the perfect faculty wife--always yielding to her husband's demands ... and sweeping his infidelities under the rug....

Liz is sexy, successful, and on the verge of being unfaithful ... with a handsome young colleague she can't seem to resist....

Meredith is a seasoned attorney who specializes in family law But her experience can never prepare her for the terrible truth in her own family's past....

Sheri is a homemaker who longs to go back to college. Yet even as she takes the first steps toward realizing her dream, she can only pray her abusive husband never finds out....

Soon their private passions and most intimate secrets will be revealed. But will it bring them heartache, or a second chance for happiness?