JanessaKlute
Two years have passed since Noah, Caleb, Ethan, Lily, Emma, Abigail, and Grace were born. Joshua and Maya Matthews have now been married for four years and have known each other for five. Their oldest children-the sextuplets (Mateo, Adrian, Damien, Sofia, Claire, and Isla)-are almost six years old and have just started elementary school. Their septuplets are energetic two-year-olds who are learning to walk confidently, use the potty, and speak in full sentences. Life is wonderfully chaotic with thirteen children. Just when they think life has settled into a routine... Maya discovers she's pregnant again. Not with one baby. Not with twins. But with octuplets. The news shocks everyone-including Joshua and Maya. Twenty-one children. Three pregnancies. Everyone jokes that the Matthews family doesn't do anything halfway. But beneath the excitement lies heartbreak. During the pregnancy, tragedy strikes when one of their beloved firstborn sextuplets unexpectedly dies after a medical emergency connected to the serious health problem she survived years earlier. Joshua and Maya must learn how to grieve while remaining strong for twelve young children-and eight babies still waiting to be born. The story becomes one of love, loss, hope, and remembering that family is forever.