#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts delivers a thrilling story of family secrets and unexpected passions, set against the high-stakes world of championship thoroughbred racing.
Kelsey Byden always believed that her mother was dead. But now, after all this time, she has discovered the truth: Naomi Chadwick is still aliveтАФafter spending years in prison for the murder of her lover.
Now, at NaomiтАЩs Virginia horse farm, Kelsey is trying to sort out a lifetime of deceptionтАФand her feelings about her mother. The bonds of love can be fragile...as Kelsey learned from her recently ended marriage. But as the two women rebuild their relationshipтАФand Kelsey finds herself swept into an unsettling new romanceтАФshe must decide once and for all who she can trust, and who threatens to betray her....