An emotional novel of family, friendship and forgiveness from Courtney
Walsh, the New York Times bestselling author of Hometown Girl.
Lyndie St. James is thrilled that her best friend, Elle, is getting
married but unprepared for the emotional storm of the wedding week and
returning to her childhood summer home of Sweethaven. The idyllic
cottage community harbors some of her best--and worst--memories. It's
not only the tragic death of her childhood friend Cassie that has
haunted her for ten years, it's the other secrets she's buried that have
kept her from moving on.
But Lyndie isn't the only one with secrets.
Cassie's mother, father and brother, still struggling with the loss,
have been drifting further and further apart. And Elle herself, the last
to see Cassie alive, carries an impossible burden of guilt. Now
reunited, each of them has a choice: to reveal the truths of that night
or continue to live in its shadow. That means embarking on a personal
journey of the heart--to escape the darkness and all its regrets and to
finally come to terms with the past and, especially, with each other.