From the New York Times –bestselling author of Garden of Lies comes this haunting novel of mothers and daughters confronting their family's dark past. Ellie Nightingale moved to New York in the early 1970s, a scared country girl with a newborn, no money, and no one to run to but her sister, a prostitute with a couch to spare. Ellie worked as hard as she could, determined to make a good life for her child, but one day the baby disappeared—kidnapped and handed over to a wealthy Connecticut couple.Skyler Sutton has grown up with riding lessons, fine clothes, and no idea that the people who raised her aren't her real parents. But when an accidental pregnancy forces her into the same desperate circumstances her own mother was in when she gave birth to her, Skyler is finally brought face-to-face with her past.As three women linked together by fate move toward a shocking discovery, Eileen Goudge's enthralling novel of romance and suspense "will keep all who love a secret riveted" ( Publishers Weekly). Praise for the writing of Eileen Goudge: "Goudge writes like a house on fire." —Nora Roberts, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Inheritance "[Goudge is] a gifted writer." — Chicago TribuneThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author's personal collection.
