From bestselling author Sonya Bateman comes the most unputdownable psychological thriller of the year.

Five families. Perfect from the outside. Broken on the inside.

Joslyn has it all. Gorgeous husband, adorable blue-eyed, blonde twins. When he greets her with a pinch under the ribs, she knows she can expect worse later.

Crystal left her life as an exotic dancer behind when she married the man who owned the club. She pays the price every time another man looks at her.

Lexi’s husband is a great father, her three kids think he’s the best dad in the world. He’s always sorry, afterwards. There are always flowers.

Maureen married young when she got pregnant. He could never stand the baby crying.

Shara’s husband is a surgeon, a pillar of the community. But at home he’s a monster.

Now all their husbands are dead.

They always wanted them out of their lives. But someone got there first.