Four years after the sudden death of her husband, a powerful White House adviser, Lucy Blacker Swift finds her peaceful life with her teenage children in rural Vermont turned upside down by violence and calls in her late husband's former military buddy, Sebastian Redwing, to help her unravel the truth.
Why does Amadi's mother insist he learn to read words when he is going to be a great businessman? Why should an Igbo man of Nigeria waste precious time on books, anyway?
Alors que son mari vient de mourir dans un accident stupide et soudain qui rend son absence encore plus intolérable, Kyra Latimer voit débarquer chez elle Jennifer Cullen, une adolescente qui se dit sa fille. Impossible, bien sûr, puisque Kyra ne peut pas avoir d'enfant. Un enfant, Jennifer en a un, dont elle cherche visiblement à se débarrasser. Face à ce petit bout de trois ans et demi, replié sur lui-même, de toute évidence maltraité, Kyra n'hésite pas une seconde à le garder auprès d'elle. Une nouvelle existence commence alors pour elle à trente-huit ans. Une vie de mère, dont l'unique objet devient cet enfant qui, d'une certaine manière, lui ressemble : singulier dans son physique, il a déjà connu sa part de souffrances. Auprès d'elle, le petit Jesse va s'épanouir et combler sa nouvelle maman dans ses aspirations. Mais le destin, parfois, ne donne que pour mieux reprendre et Kyra va risquer, une fois de plus, de perdre ce qu'elle a de plus cher au monde...
New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts deftly blends romance and suspense in this compelling novel of a woman whose career, marriage, and very life are threatened by the truth about her own past. Emma McAvoy may have grown up in the limelight, but some secrets are hidden in a darkness no light can reach. Now on the verge of a successful career, and having fallen in love with the man of her dreams, Emma is looking to the future. Yet it’s the past that is about to catch up with her. For Emma, her childhood had been almost like a rags-to-riches fairy tale—until the tragic night that changed her family forever. But what Emma thinks she knows about that terrible night and the man she’s about to marry is only half the truth. The other half is locked away in the last place she’d ever think to look: her own memories. It’s a mystery a handsome and relentlessly driven homicide detective needs to solve in a case that’s haunted him for years—and a secret someone will kill to keep.