In the riveting conclusion to Megan Hart's passionate new family
drama, the secrets they keep are no match for the truths their hearts
will never let go.
Still stuck in his small Central Pennsylvania hometown, Ilya Stern is
used to feeling like a disappointment. After his high school girlfriend,
Jennilynn, drowned, he married her sister, Alicia, only to divorce a
decade later. The business they started together is threatened by a
luxury development--and Alicia has already sold her stake. Now that
Babulya, Ilya's gentle Russian grandmother, has died, there's no one
left who believes in him. Or so he thinks.
Theresa Malone was Ilya's stepsister for only a year, until his mother
threw her pill-popping father out of the house in the middle of the
night, forcing teenage Theresa to follow. Now she's returned for
Babulya's funeral--and to facilitate the quarry-development deal. As she
tries to convince Ilya to sell, she realizes her feelings for him have
ignited--from sisterly into something more.
Working together closely, Ilya and Theresa struggle to define their
intense attraction. When the details of Jennilynn's death surface, will
Ilya and Theresa's deep connection keep their hope for the future
afloat--or submerge them once and forever in their tragic past?
