At only twenty-three, Faithfully Sweet Deyes Youngblood never expected her life to fall apart so quickly.
A young mother of three, Faithfully is already fighting more than most people can imagine. She is living with Alpha-1, a serious genetic illness that threatens her future, while trying to raise her children, hold her family together, and survive the emotional distance growing inside her marriage.
When her husband Matthew becomes colder after his mother's death, Faithfully tries to understand him, support him, and save what they once had. But everything changes when she discovers his affair with Penny, the woman living under the same roof.
Now divorced on her twenty-third birthday, Faithfully must face heartbreak, humiliation, family betrayal, and the painful reality of starting over. With her sister Honestly, her cousin Sissy, and their children beside her, she leaves Florida behind and heads to Green Bay, Wisconsin, hoping for a fresh start.
But healing is never simple. Old wounds follow, family drama continues, new relationships bring unexpected challenges, and Faithfully must learn how to rebuild her life while protecting the people she loves most.
23 and Divorced is a dramatic family fiction story about young motherhood, betrayal, illness, divorce, survival, complicated relatives, and the courage it takes to begin again when life breaks apart too soon.