An emotionally moving novel of a woman in search of a new beginning and a man haunted by the pastâfrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels.
At thirty-two, Jillian Parrish finally finds the courage to put herself in the driverâs seat of her life. Pregnant and recently divorced, she and her seven-year-old daughter find refuge and solace on Pawleys Island, South CarolinaâJillianâs only source of happy childhood memories. Summers spent at her grandmotherâs beach house had been Jillianâs sanctuary from indifferent parentsâuntil her best friend Lauren Mills disappeared, never to be found.
Linc Rising, Laurenâs boyfriend and Jillianâs confidant, had been a suspect in Laurenâs disappearance. Jillian had never doubted his innocenceâbut because her parents had whisked her back home to Atlanta, she never got a chance to tell him. Now, a resentful Linc is back on Pawleys Islandârenovating the old Mills house. And as ghosts of the past are resurrected, and as Jillianâs daughter begins having eerie conversations with an imaginary friend named Lauren, Jillian and Linc will uncover the truth about Laurenâs disappearance and about the feelings they have buried for sixteen years...