New York Times bestselling author and NAACP Image Award winner Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name Selena Montgomery, tells a chilling tale of lost love, dark family secrets, and hard-won redemption.
Mara Reed has been stirring up trouble since she was eighteenârunning scams, living on the edge, always on the run. Now, when two thugs are after her with murder on their minds, sheâs forced into hiding in her small Texas hometown. But as sheâs cornered in an alley, only seconds from death, an unexpected rescuer comes to her aidâŚ
A forensic anthropologist, Dr. Ethan Stuart is investigating a gruesome discoveryânearly one hundred dead bodies dating back fifty yearsâa mystery linked to the church once headed by Maraâs father. Ethan needs Maraâs help; she needs his protection. Their search for a shocking, devastating truth could lead them to forgiveness and salvation... if they survive.