Ruth Jacob

After abandoning her baby at a hospital with a hole in his heart, the estranged mother comes back for him when he's been adopted by an ICU nurse.

Charity believes only weak women like Sylvia, her late friend, allow men dominate them in the name of marriage. She asserts that husband and wife have equal right in the affairs of the family including domestic chores, but financial provision is the sole responsibility of a man.

Ovie, an ambitious woman nearing a perfect engagement, is forced to question her future when an unexpected connection with her new neighbor makes her choose between security and self-respect.

From desperately wanting a baby, to rejecting her partner's marriage proposal, to finding a donor and then falling in lust with her sperm donor, smart and level-headed Mabel finds herself in a messy love triangle.