Carrie Adams Kolejność książek (chronologicznie)

Le mariage, les enfants ? Non merci ! A 36 ans, Tessa King a choisi : elle préfère sa vie de célibataire, ses virées shopping et ses aventures d'un soir. Tout le monde l'adore et envie sa liberté, sa joie de vivre et son humour décapant. Egoïste, Tessa ? Pas du tout. Elle est la marraine idéale, toujours présente en cas de coup dur. Confidente de Caspar qui fume des joints en cachette, baby-sitter occasionnelle de la petite Cora ou des jumeaux, elle est maman en pointillés et ça lui suffit. Jusqu'au jour où les parents des jumeaux meurent dans un accident de voiture. Pas le choix, elle doit assumer le rôle de maman à plein-temps et mettre entre parenthèses sa vie de célibataire. Adieu l'insouciance, bonjour les couches-culottes... Pile quand elle était sûre d'avoir enfin rencontré l'homme de sa vie !

Bea Frazier hoped she'd rediscover her incredible self after divorcing Jimmy. But being home alone with three daughters brings her demons back with a vengeance. The only solution is to reunite her family. The trouble is, her ex is about to marry someone else. Tessa King has finally found true love, but her knight in shining armor comes with three sullen daughters and an ex who doesn't seem nearly "ex" enough. After years of singledom, what does Tessa have to do to finally live happily ever after? As the two women negotiate carpools, puberty, and family loyalties, each finds it almost impossible not to fall into the old cliché of the bitter first wife and the wicked stepmother. But if Bea and Tessa are brave enough, they just may find a friend where they once saw an enemy. . . . Absorbing and touching, humorous and honest, The Stepmother reminds us that there is always another side to the story.

Tessa King is successful and unattached. She's got a lovely apartment and nice clothes, and nothing ties her down - that's the way she likes it.Tessa also has four godchildren. A fifteen-year-old pot-smoking rebel who hates his parents. A seven-year-old whose father walked out on her mother when she was still in hospital. And two screaming baby twins who are unattractive, double the trouble, and ruining their parents' relationship. That's why Tessa's not particularly maternal.Sometimes it's great to have nothing tying you down. And then sometimes, you start to realise something's missing ...