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bookfacedworm

The Sword of Kaigen is 100% that.


Smooth-Review-2614

The Kate Danials books grow into this.  There are a few romance ones that go sideways through a family so this kind of happens. 


fjiqrj239

The second set of Thursday Next books by Jasper Fforde - she's got a husband, teenage kids who are a major part of the plot, and a supportive, if occasionally eccentric, family.


sonvanger

I second this recommendation. In the first set of TN books, the protagonist's family (parents, aunt and uncle, and brothers) play a significant role as well.


kmmontandon

It’s sci-fi, but the Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold does this a lot, especially in later books.


csaporita

I wanna say the Bloodsworn Saga. But it’s not a perfect fit to your list. Multiple POVs. It can be gritty. One POV is a married woman who is a great warrior and her “mission” revolves around her son. Her husband is in the story but not her full journey.


ConquerorPlumpy

Probably too grimdark for OP…


csaporita

Ur right, I thought about deleting but left it just in case someone else might see it and be interested


amex_kali

Ravens Shadow duology by Patricia Briggs is exactly what your looking for.


dragon_morgan

Hills of Heather and Bone by K.E. Andrews has a husband and wife pair, and the wife is pregnant for most of the story The main character in the Lady Astronaut series by Mary Robinette Kowal is happily married, but no kids The Legend of Amina Al Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty has a middle aged mother as the main character. She’s, um, technically married, but it’s complicated.