The bestselling author of Maine returns with an exhilarating novel about the pioneering real-life ad woman who coined the famous slogan ´A Diamond is Forever,´ Frances Gerety, and four unique marriages that will test how true-or not-those words might be.áEvelyn has been married to her husband for forty years, but their son´s messy divorce has put them at rare odds; James, a beleaguered paramedic, has spent most of his wedded life haunted by his wife´s family´s expectations; Delphine has thrown caution to the wind and left a peaceful French life for an exciting but rocky romance in America; and Kate, partnered with Dan for a decade, has seen every kind of wedding and has vowed never, ever, to have one of her own. As the stories connect to one another and to Frances´s legacy in surprising ways, The Engagements explores the complicated ins and outs of relationships, then, now, and forever.