Evie Glass had made her peace with her relationship with her ex-husband Richard. She had created a new life in the three years since their divorce. Of course, she would see him and his much-younger new wife Nicole at the milestone events in their children's lives, but that would really be the extent of it. That all changed when Richard hit a patch of black ice one night and died in a car accident. Now, Evie is struggling to stay afloat. Her grief-stricken children are looking to her for strength, and she has no idea how she will keep their lives together without Richard's financial support.

The one positive thing that Evie can see in this whole mess is that she won't have to see Nicole anymore. Evie can't understand why Nicole, who was once Richard's mistress and is now his widow, seems so desperate to keep in contact with Evie and her kids or why Nicole keeps saying that she and her son Luca are family. Evie is shocked when Nicole says that they should help each other, but when she is running out of options, Evie finally breaks down and asks Nicole and Luca to move into her house. Their living arrangement becomes a prime source of gossip in their neighborhood, and who could blame people for talking? The ex-wife and the widow friends? Evie finds it laughable and downright weird even to consider, but it does seem to be working out well for both of them and for their children. With the help of her close circle of friends, Evie has to figure out how to put the pieces of her life back together, and the mosaic that she creates surprises even her.

THE GLASS WIVES is a character-driven story that examines the true meaning of family. Sometimes families are made by birth, sometimes they are made by choice, and sometimes they are made by circumstances. Nathan brings humor and warmth to this charming debut novel about a unique blended family.

Book Summary

Evie and Nicole Glass share a last name. They also shared a husband.

When a tragic car accident ends the life of Richard Glass, it also upends the lives of Evie and Nicole, and their children. There’s no love lost between the widow and the ex. In fact, Evie sees a silver lining in all this heartache—the chance to rid herself of Nicole once and for all. But Evie wasn’t counting on her children’s bond with their baby half- brother, and she wasn’t counting on Nicole’s desperate need to hang on to the threads of family, no matter how frayed. Strapped for cash, Evie cautiously agrees to share living expenses—and her home—with Nicole and the baby. But when Evie suspects that Nicole is determined to rearrange more than her kitchen, Evie must decide who she can trust. More than that, she must ask: what makes a family?