Includes reading group guide.

As Sara Anderson drives up to the house in Carmel, she knows she's on an impossible quest to make peace with the one person who truly hate her. For years, Sara has hidden the truth about her late husband's lies from their children and their grandmother. When her mother-in-law, Margaret, threatens her with legal action to see the boys, Sara strikes a bargain: she'll bring them for a six-week visit, hoping the boys, at least, will find connection and happiness with their extended family. It doesn't help that attorney and part-time rancher Luke Thompson lives right next door, and as an old friend of the family's he's agreed to investigate Sara's past. Luke doesn't feel comfortable poking around in the very successful tech CEO's private life. What he finds is a truth very different from the one he's been led to believe. Far from being cold and unloving, Sara is devoted to her boys and as at home on the ranch as she is in a boardroom. All Sarah ever wanted was a family, and all Luke wants now is her love. The time has come to reveal the terrible secrets that have been kept for so long. In losing the past, a new love--and family--can be found.