A powerful tale of passion and betrayal and a woman’s determination to find out the truth about her past, whatever it costs — from the bestselling author of The Hornbeam Tree. JuliaThayne is a valued and loving wife, a successful mother and a beautiful woman. But beneath it all lies a terrible secret that threatens to tear her perfect world apart: her beloved father walked out when she was sixteen and never contacted her again. Her mother refuses to speak of him, her sister seems to hate him, yet Julia can only remember the man who adored her, until something happened to drive him away.