Author: Polly Dugan
Publisher: Sybilline Press
Published: October 7, 2025
This is the second book in my track from the BookSparks #FRC2025 Fall Reading Challenge.
House of Cavanaugh revolves around the worst kind of secret: an affair that led to a pregnancy, that neither the woman’s husband, her daughter, nor the father knows about.
Through a series of coincidences and accidental revelations after she dies, Joan’s husband, children, former lover, and his daughter are thrust into circumstances they could never have predicted. This is the story of how they handle it, and the complexities of relationships in the aftermath of a life-changing event.
The story is told with an angst that felt so real at times, and so intensely personal, that it was hard to put the book down, and I surprised myself by reading it in one day.
Many thanks to Sibylline Press and to BookSparks for an advance reader’s copy by this new-to-me author.
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