Cape Morgan, Maine, is the utopian ideal for a charmed life, and Beatrice Wicker knows it. The multi-million-dollar house on the sea coast. The joint bank accounts. The safety and security that go along with being married to an esteemed architect and community leader. The scenic coastline, perfect for her ambitious plan to turn an abandoned asylum into an artistsā retreat. So what if her husband sneaks off to see his second family now and again? Beatrice is willing to look the other way. Itās simply the price she must pay to keep their life together. Josh doesnāt realize that Beatrice knows about his other life. Thatās just one of Beatriceās secrets. And now, that truthāalong with a deadly host of other secrets from the pastāis about to upend their false paradise. When thereās an explosion at the local elementary-school playground and a two-year-old boy is abducted, it doesnāt take Beatrice long to make the connection between the missing boy and her husband. It was the son from Joshās other life who was kidnapped, and Josh canāt do anything about it without revealing the truth. Helping Josh find his son would destroy the faƧade of her perfect marriage and could put more childrenās lives in danger. But thatās not all. It would reveal her deeper secret: Beatrice Wicker is not who she claims to be.