Sage Advice is the first novel in the “Madison Sisters Series”. This family saga begins in early April 2001 and unfolds over the tumultuous first decade of the 21st. century. SAGE MADISON is a child psychologist and New York Times columnist. A week following her quickie marriage in Barbados, new husband, DAVID , an Economics Professor, disappears! Did Sage drive him away? For days, she waits for David to call or walk in the door. Instead, D.B. O’HARA , the charismatic “Wall Street Wizard” shows up, just as her supercilious parents are arriving for a visit. D.B. promptly introduces himself as Sage’s husband! This heart-stopping and preposterous hoax quickly takes on a life of its own. Sage only plays along in hopes D.B. will lead her to David. Once Sage’s parents depart, D.B. tells her the truth. He’s David’s older brother. David didn’t leave her; he was brutally attacked, and his tortured body later dumped in a Philadelphia alley. There are no leads in the horrific crime, only questions. After spending the weekend in her home, D.B. no longer suspects his new sister-in-law of complicity. That same stormy night, Sage suffers a nearly fatal miscarriage, and D.B. feels responsible. He stays by her side and falls in love for the first time in his life. Worried about her slow recovery, D.B. takes Sage to a beloved childhood retreat in New Hampshire. Mourning her losses, Sage is touched by D.B.’s unending patience and tenderness, and equally troubled by her growing attraction to him. Upon returning to New York, they discover Sage’s gatehouse has been ransacked. Police believe the break-in is tied to the attack on David. Determined to protect her, D.B. proposes they continue their fictional marriage until the perpetrators are arrested. Aware of the danger, Sage reluctantly agrees. In June, a blistering heat wave descends upon New York. Their mutual attraction sizzles into a sweeping love affair that won’t be quelled by guilt. The remainder of the summer is filled with romantic dinners, sailing the Long Island Sound, and quixotic getaways. SEPTEMBER 11th . begins as a lovely blue-sky morning in lower Manhattan, with no hint of the carnage to come. When the first plane hits the World Trade Center, D.B. is working at his desk in the North Tower. Within seconds, he makes life-altering decisions. As the walls fall away around him, D.B. narrowly escapes, but guilt and haunting images follow. Just when Sage and D.B. need each other the most, D.B. is forced by events to reveal a devastating truth. It changes everything between them, and their relationship implodes. Is forgiveness possible once trust is destroyed