From the national Essence bestselling author comes an engaging tale about a family secret that sends one young woman scrambling to uncover the truth about her past.
Award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley, whose bestselling fiction โtackles some of lifeโs toughest situationsโ (The Florida Times-Union), unravels the secrets in a motherโs past that turn her daughterโs life upside downโby revealing the family she never knew existed.
Her dream of studying dance at Juilliard is within reach, but Olivia Dawson turns down the opportunity, choosing instead to stay with her ailing mother in the Houston projects where they barely make ends meet. Lorraine Dawson is Oliviaโs whole world, and now Olivia insists on being there for her. But when Lorraine learns Olivia is sacrificing college for her sake, her heartache triggers a series of shattering events that results in Olivia discovering her father, a man she was told had died years ago. But he is alive and wellโand heโs the powerful CEO of one of the countryโs richest corporations.
With her best friend urging her to claim a much-deserved chunk of Bernard Wellsโs fortune, Olivia seeks out his Los Angeles mansion. But itโs not money she wantsโitโs answers: Why did he abandon Lorraine when Olivia was three years old? Why did they suffer in poverty while he gave his โrealโ wife and son a life of luxury? Opening up the past, however, is more complicated than Oliviaโor Bernardโexpected, and the pain of yesterdayโs sins must be confronted before true healing and a bright tomorrow can begin.