Acclaimed as "marvelously gifted" (Literary Times), Diane Chamberlain has penned an extraordinarily touching new novel about the devastating secrets that test the inconstant yet unbreakable bond between sisters-bonds forged by love, loyalty, betrayal and forgiveness.

Maya and Rebecca Ward are both accomplished physicians, but that's where the similarities end. As kids, they witnessed their parents' murder, but it was Rebecca who saved Maya from a stray bullet. Maya became cautious and timid, settling for a sedate medical practice with her husband, Adam, while Rebecca became the risk taker.
After a devastating hurricane hits North Carolina, Rebecca and Adam urge Maya to join them in the relief effort. Maya eventually agrees, but when her helicopter crashes into raging floodwaters, there appear to be no survivors.

Forced to accept Maya is gone, Rebecca and Adam turn to one another first for comfort, then in passion, unaware that Maya is injured but still alive miles away.