Description：
Sophie Bennett thought she knew what love looked like.
After graduating, she puts her life on hold to care for her sick mother, spending day after day in a hospital room while her father and brother praise her devotion and leave the burden to her. Sophie tells herself it is temporary. She tells herself family means sacrifice.
Then the bleach-blond patient in the next bed looks her in the eye and says the one thing no one else would dare: if Sophie stays by her mother's side, her mother will never get better.
Evan Carter sounds rude, unstable, and completely out of line. But once Sophie starts paying attention, the cracks begin to show. Her mother seems weakest when Sophie is trapped beside her, yet strangely capable when other family members appear. Conversations stop when Sophie enters the room. Promises don't add up. And the love she has relied on her whole life begins to look a lot more like control.
The deeper Sophie digs, the more horrifying the truth becomes. If her family has been lying to her, they have not just stolen her time—they have been quietly shaping her future for their own gain.
Now Sophie must decide whether to keep being the obedient daughter they raised her to be, or burn the lie down and fight for the life they never meant to let her have.
Author Biography：
Emma Vance is a contemporary romance author known for emotionally rich stories of love, longing, and second chances.
