I had the opportunity to download a copy of this book from Net Galley.

List of Characters:

Brenda Shaw - the matriarch of the family, Gavin and Eva's mother, who did what a "mother had to do" to protect her young son, Gavin.

Gavin Shaw - a young entrepreneur who started his own landscaping business when he was a teenager.

Eva Shaw-Laird - ignored by her mother for the most part throughout her childhood, or so she thought, married to Stevie Laird.

Stevie Laird - partnered up with Gavin in his landscaping business when he was a teen, married to Eva Shaw for the wrong reasons.

Carla Laird - Eva and Stevie's daughter, who became an advocate for mental health issues.

Kate - Eva's long-time friend from teenage hood who suffered at the hands of another "friend." No one, including Eva, believed her.

Dawn - a bartender who stood up for Kate.

Anika - young lady who worked with Carla.

Rebecca - Anika's twin sister.

Jo - the reporter with the "inside scoop" on the Shaw/Laird family. Turns out she wasn't who she was thought to be.

Maureen - a background character, but one who also turned out to be someone else.

A mother's job is to protect her children. A family's job is to stick by each other ... usually, no matter what. But to what lengths would a mother/family actually go to even if the crime committed was unspeakable? Find out when you read this intertwining tale to see the answers and how just one lie, carried around for years, can destroy an extremely profitable company, but more importantly how two families were demolished when the truth finally surfaces. Some very intriguing twists are contained in the telling of this story.

i so enjoy this authors work and this story is just a must read its brilliant .this story is about the Laird family very successful and rich .Eva and Steve have a daughter Carla .Eva s brother Gavin owns the company . but there mother Brenda is a hard women .one day Eva checking the face book .group and someone gets nasty and says you will pay and is everyone who they say they are .you are so going to want to read this book twisty gripping addictive and make sure you got a tissue sadly this does happen .so recommend.

This was an incredible novel that drew me in and never let go. I felt emotionally invested in the characters’ lives and couldn’t stop reading.