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 artistsâ retreat. So what if her husband sneaks off to see his second family now and again? Beatrice is willing to look the other way. Itâs simply the price she must pay to keep their life together. Josh doesnât realize that Beatrice knows about his other life. Thatâs just one of Beatriceâs secrets. And now, that truthâalong with a deadly host of other secrets from the pastâis about to upend their false paradise. When thereâs an explosion at the local elementary-school playground and a two-year-old boy is abducted, it doesnât take Beatrice long to make the connection between the missing boy and her husband. It was the son from Joshâs other life who was kidnapped, and Josh canât do anything about it without revealing the truth. Helping Josh find his son would destroy the façade of her perfect marriage and could put more childrenâs lives in danger. But thatâs not all. It would reveal her deeper secret: Beatrice Wicker is not who she claims to be.