What would you give for the perfect life?

Leah Williams knows exactly what she wants from life – comfort, luxury and security. All the things she would have had if her childhood hadn’t been derailed by her father’s bad decisions. And then she meets Miles Sinclair. After the death of his wife last year, Miles is ready to start living his life again, and Leah knows just how to help him… what could be so wrong with that?

When Miles takes Leah to his chateau in the French countryside, she's excited to get a taste of the life she deserves, even if it means enduring the presence of Miles’ cousin Vivienne, who seems determined to insert the memory of his dead wife into every conversation.

But the Chateau Clairvallon has a history, not least as the place where the last Mrs Sinclair died. And as Leah discovers more about the accident that took her predecessor's life, she begins to realise that the family she's set her sights on isn't quite what it seems.

What happened that summer?

Was it really an accident?

And is Leah in danger?

Praise for T J Emerson:

'Another triumph by a truly accomplished writer who evokes setting like no other. A racy plot I couldn’t second guess kept me racing to the finish, then I was sad it was all over' Amanda Reynolds

'Compelling, tense and immersive. This sinister tale of secrets and suspense will make you think twice about booking a spiritual retreat' Kate Gray

'A brilliant, tense and unsettling read' Lesley Glaister

'Clever, atmospheric and brilliantly twisty, this beautifully written and thought-provoking thriller positively thrums with menace' Susan Elliot Wright