What happens when the most beautiful secret is also the one that destroys you?
For Julia, freedom was everything. In the summer of 1960, she shed her parents’ expectations and embraced independence in the city. After a fleeting romance leads to an unplanned pregnancy, she is forced into a harsh reality she could never have imagined. Alone and desperate, Julia makes the ultimate sacrifice to ensure her child’s future—one she believed was the only choice she had.
Unlike her sister, Evelyn’s life was a perfectly crafted masterpiece, shaped by tradition and their parents’ expectations. Ambitious and driven, she earns a prestigious education at Wellesley, marries into wealth, and builds a picture-perfect family others envy. But after a devastating loss, her flawless world begins to crumble. Desperate to preserve the façade she’s built, she creates the ultimate deception that could unravel everything. Convincing herself that her lies are harmless, she ignores that secrets have a price.
Now, decades later, a single photograph and a deathbed confession will unearth the truth that shatters everything their family knows. As the past collides with the present, both sisters must confront the beautiful secrets and the choices that changed everything.
LONG VALLEY PRESS 