Renata and the Fall from Grace: The Gustafson Girls Series

Renata Gustafson Dixon's life is going exactly the way she wants it. Almost. A wonderful husband, four boys who fill her life with mostly joy and sometimes a little heartache now and then. She and John are giving things one last shot for the icing on the cake; a little girl with copper curls like John's and cupid bow lips like Renata's. Then Juliette, the oldest of the four Gustafson sisters, opens up a can of worms labeled 'Angela Clinton' at a G-FOURce meeting. Things are said and accusations made that can't be taken back, sending Renata's carefully-constructed world spinning out beyond her control. Renata must learn to set aside her own will and lean on the strength of those who love her before she loses all hope for the future.

MEET THE GUSTAFSON GIRLS

When Paul and Simone Gustafson are killed by a drunk driver, the lives of their daughters change irrevocably. Although raised by loving grandparents, it's the G-FOURce-the Gustafson Four Sisters Club-that binds them together when their differences would tear them apart. All grown up now, Juliette has become the quintessential doormat, Renata, the self-appointed matriarchal figure. Phoebe is, at least according to Renata, borderline narcissistic, and Gia is on the verge of a major identity crisis.

Then there's Angela Clinton, the senior class darling who drove her cherry black 1970 el Camino into the side of their parents' car on the night of Juliette's high school graduation. Angela's prison sentence is winding down; soon she'll be eligible for parole and moving back to town. Will the G-FOURce be strong enough to hold them together as they step into the eye of the storm that's been brewing for the last fifteen years? Will they finally be able to let go of the past and embrace the future, no matter what it holds?