Giselle couldn’t wrap her head around it. Though she had lost her parents at a young age, her grandmother had cherished her like a precious gem.

Similarly, Megan’s parents doted on her, which made it utterly baffling to Giselle how any woman could treat her child with such venomous cruelty, as though they were sworn enemies.

Nathan stewed in his own turmoil before he finally found the words, “My mother, Mrs. York, was pregnant with me when her temper turned violent. My ...