Ifs been many years since that August night, but Julie's memories of Izry's death still haunt her. Now someone from her past is asking questions about what really happened that night. AboutJulie's own complicity. About a devastating secret her mother kept from them all. About the person who went to prison for |zry's murder - and the person who didn't.
La vida de Miles Ryan se desmoronó cuando su esposa, Missy, fue asesinada en un atropello hace dos años. Como deputy en New Bern, Carolina del Norte, no solo llora su pérdida, sino que también busca justicia contra el conductor desconocido. Su mundo cambia al conocer a Sarah Andrews, la maestra de segundo grado de Jonah, quien se ha mudado de Baltimore tras un difícil divorcio. Sensible al dolor de Jonah y Miles, Sarah se conecta con ellos de manera cautelosa. A medida que comparten risas y comienzan a enamorarse, permanecen ajenos a un impactante secreto que entrelaza sus vidas. Esta revelación desafiará sus creencias y los llevará a una elección desgarradora que alterará sus futuros. La narrativa captura los giros amargos de la vida y los momentos dulces, ofreciendo un mensaje afirmativo sobre las imperfecciones humanas, los errores que cometemos y la alegría que se encuentra en el amor. El autor transmite esto con intensidad luminosa, destacando el poder transformador de la conexión y la resiliencia del espíritu humano.
How do you learn to trust again? Denise Hilton, a young single mother, is driving through Edenton, North Carolina, when her car skids off the road during a storm. With her is her four-year-old son, Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities for whom she has sacrificed everything. When volunteer fireman Taylor McAden finds her she is unconscious and bleeding, but when she wakes an even more chilling truth becomes clear: Kyle is gone. When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, Taylor feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives, and the search for Kyle is no exception. But there is one leap of faith Taylor cannot bring himself to make - to commit to a relationship. Will this chance meeting with Denise prove any different?