John and Marcy Stanley moved to the Coves for the quiet life. When the two meet the couple next door, they think they've struck neighbor gold. Jill and Marcy become fast friends, but it isn't until Marcy receives an ominous letter that she begins to suspect Jill's husband, Mark, of hiding something.
Something dark. Something violent.
Shannon Vogle was the victim of an elaborate kidnapping. After being set free, she becomes obsessed with finding the man who took her.
Who tortured her. Who changed her.
Both women want answers. Both are determined to get them. Neither is prepared for what she will find.
Emma's life isn't nearly as perfect as she thought. In fact, it's a house of cards, and it's getting ready to come tumbling down.
A frightened woman in need of help shows up at her door. Emma leaves the room and, when she returns, the woman and her child are gone. There is no evidence that they were there, but Emma knows what she saw. Doesn't she?
She might've been able to convince her friends and family, and even herself, of the truth if that had been the only incident. But it wasn't. It was only the first.
In a few short weeks, Emma goes from belle of the ball to social outcast. Everyone in her life thinks she's crazy. And they might not be wrong. The Kramers have a secret after all, and Emma could be following in her grandmother's footsteps.
Murder was never part of the deal before.
But it is now.
