#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts brings us a riveting tale of dark family secrets and the redemptive power of love in the glamorous setting of championship horse racing. Kelsey Byden, who has believed her mother to be dead, discovers that she has been deceived all her life. Her mother, Naomi Chadwick, is very much alive and had been incarcerated for the murder of her lover. Reuniting at Naomi's Virginia horse farm, Kelsey confronts a past woven with lies as she renegotiates her relationship with her mother. Meanwhile, her own romantic life gets complicated as she navigates new love and trust issues. As love and deception intertwine, Kelsey must determine who she can rely on before betrayal reaches her once more.