In a South Florida beach town, a chance meeting unravels a web of secrets in this gripping novel about the consequences of lying to protect the ones we love. Andrew Williams¿s perfect Delray Beach house has become a pressure cooker. He and his wife, Amy, are struggling to conceive, and it¿s fracturing their marriage. When a chance encounter reunites him with Kathryn Moretti, the former love of his life, Kathryn confesses that Andrew is already a father¿of a son he didn¿t know existed. Though Kathryn¿s deception sends him reeling, their secret meetings quickly rekindle old obsessions. Behind Kathryn¿s manicured facade is a life of constant damage control. She tries desperately to protect her son, Max, from her past mistakes¿and his own dangerous impulses. She can¿t let anyone get too close, especially a local cop to whom she owes a favor. And her home has become a refuge for Emmy, the troubled daughter of an old friend who has her own reasons to distrust Kathryn. With Andrew back in the