Megan Mazeros and Lauren Mabrey are comprehensive opposites on paper. Megan is a woman from a humble Midwest history, and Lauren may be the daughter of the senator from an esteemed New Britain family. If they become roommates at a private women’s college, they forge a strong, albeit unlikely, a friendly relationship, sharing clothes, assistance and their most personal secrets.

The summer before senior year, Megan joins Lauren and her family on the private island from the coast of Maine. It should be a summer months of relaxation, a last hurrah before graduation as well as the stresses of postcollege life. Then past due one night, something unspeakable happens, searing through the construction of their friendship and tearing them apart. Many years later on, Megan publicly comes ahead about what occurred that fateful night time, revealing a horrible truth and threatening to expose long-buried secrets.

Within this captivating and moving novel, Paula Treick DeBoard explores the power of friendship and secrets, and shows how hiding from the reality can result in devastating consequences.