New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts deftly blends romance and suspense in this compelling novel of a woman whose career, marriage, and very life are threatened by the truth about her own past.
Emma McAvoy may have grown up in the limelight, but some secrets are hidden in a darkness no light can reach. Now on the verge of a successful career, and having fallen in love with the man of her dreams, Emma is looking to the future. Yet itâs the past that is about to catch up with her.
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For Emma, her childhood had been almost like a rags-to-riches fairy taleâuntil the tragic night that changed her family forever. But what Emma thinks she knows about that terrible night and the man sheâs about to marry is only half the truth. The other half is locked away in the last place sheâd ever think to look: her own memories. Itâs a mystery a handsome and relentlessly driven homicide detective needs to solve in a case thatâs haunted him for yearsâand a secret someone will kill to keep.