From the million copy bestselling author of In a Single Moment and Reluctantly Home comes a gripping novel that asks: how big a lie would you tell to protect the ones you love?When Loretta Ashton dies suddenly, her family is shattered. As a devoted wife and mother, Loretta was their rock-a woman admired by the entire community. But at her funeral, an unexpected guest turns their grief into confusion. A stranger claiming to be Loretta-s sister takes a seat with the family, only to vanish before anyone can confront her. The problem? Loretta was an only child. While the rest of the family dismisses the woman as a fraud, Loretta-s daughter Bronte can-t let it go. She had understood her mother-s early life to be unremarkable, but as Bronte digs deeper she uncovers a web of secrets that stretches across decades and continents, connecting her mother to a family in Sicily and a past Loretta went to great lengths to conceal. Why did Loretta leave her old life behind? And how far had she been wi
