Some secrets are too dangerous to tell. Others are too deadly to keep. . .

Julia Lassiter has spent years constructing the perfect life, flawless family, thriving company, enviable home. But behind the elegant facade lies a crumbling marriage, a twin sister estranged by secrets, and two daughters caught in the middle of a bitter domestic war.

Julia’s second husband Shane behaves like the perfect partner and stepfather, but is there another side to him?

Eighteen-year-old Molly is about to leave for Princeton. But something dark binds her to the home she plans to escape. She’s been playing with fire, and the heat is getting too much to bear. . .

When a lavish farewell party is ruined by a night of reckoning, buried secrets slowly come clawing to the surface.

Now, with everything at stake, the truth must come out. But the closer you look at the Lassiter family, the more twisted their story becomes. And the real question isn’t what happened that night, it’s why. . .

A chilling psychological thriller that peels back the layers of a seemingly perfect family to reveal a shocking portrait of obsession, betrayal, abuse and the lies we tell to protect the ones we love. Perfect for fans for Frieda McFadden and Lisa Jewel.