#1 NY Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a novel of redemption and suspense, as a woman haunted by the unsolved murder of her child years friend comes back to her small SC hometown…

Tory Bodeen was raised inside a run-down house where her dad ruled with an iron fist and a natural leather belt-and where her dreams and skills had no area to flourish. Her one escape was her neighbor Wish, whose companionship allowed Tory to become the kid she wasn’t allowed to be at home. Then Wish was about Carolina Moon brutally murdered, and everything dropped apart.

Now, as she returns to Progress with plans to stay in and open an elegant home-design store, Tory is set to discover a measure of peacefulness and free herself from your haunting visions of days gone by. As she forges a fresh bond with Cade Lavelle-Hope’s old brother as well as the heir towards the family members fortune-she isn’t sure whether the tragic reduction they talk about will unite them or get them aside. But she is willing to open up her heart, slightly, and try.

But living thus near those unhappy remembrances will be more tough and frightening than Tory could ever have expected. Because Hope’s murderer is nearby as well…