commercial success writers truly can only dream about: the lines at her book signings wrap around the building, and that’s just at the start of her fifteen-city tour. As a single mother, she has her challenges, but she’s close with her teenage daughter, Stevie. Ward’s story takes a tragic turn when Stevie is kidnapped the evening of her book signing. The next day, the news of her murder hits every station. Ward subsequently disappears, unable to function in the life she had built for herself.

When our second protagonist, Bree, hears of Stevie’s death, it hits hard. She was at Ward’s book signing that night—plus, she has a teenage daughter of her own. Unlike Ward and Stevie, Bree’s relationship with her daughter is 

not so great. Chloe is going through a rebellious phase in the wake of her parents’ divorce. Rather than try to fix things with her daughter—Bree spends the majority of the book falling down as a parent in one way or another—she distracts herself with the mystery that is Ward’s disappearance.

Eager to reclaim a professional identity, Bree starts writing for her local paper. She decides that finding Ward and piecing together what happened to Stevie that night will be her break into the big leagues. Meanwhile, Ward is hiding in her hometown, reconnecting with old friends and her high school sweetheart. There’s tension in whether the two women will finally connect, and plenty more in the way of