Against All Odds

Kate Madison built her SoHo resale shop into a stylish success, and it kept her and her four children afloat after her husband died far too young. Now those children are adults, each ready to make a life of their own, and each, to Kate's dismay, is willing to gamble on a choice that others might call a bad bet.

Isabelle is a dedicated attorney on track for partnership at her Wall Street firm, yet she falls for a man whose criminal case she is handling as his lawyer. Julie, a young designer, is swept off her feet by a man who seems almost too perfect, and she marries quickly, leaves her job and moves to Los Angeles to be with him. Justin, a struggling writer, presses his partner to start a family before either of them is financially or emotionally prepared. Willie, the youngest and a tech expert, makes a decision that stuns the whole family when he commits to a woman twelve years his senior.

Kate is warm, supportive and never shy about speaking her mind, but none of that can stop her children from taking their chances. Whether love and luck can really beat the odds is something each of them has to find out personally. For Kate, the hardest lesson is accepting that she cannot shield her children from their own choices. All she can do is keep loving them through whatever follows.