A missing girl. A town in denial. And a devastating secret that's about to unravel.

Small town journalist Abby Bardot has always been a bit of a loner, haunted by memories of her childhood abduction. So when a teenager goes missing from a forest reserve, she sets out to expose the town's dark history and warn other girls of the dangers. When the newspaper tries to suppress the story, Abby enlists the help of reclusive crime writer Tom Gabriel.

Tom is cynical and closed off, wary of reporters after a scandalous divorce. But Abby is getting under his skin and his resistance vanishes when they discover a hidden attic room in his house with evidence of imprisonment from half a century before.

As Abby and Tom work together to unravel the house's tragic history?and overcome their own emotional scars?they discover it might just hold the key to finding the missing girl alive.

A gripping romantic mystery from bestseller Anna Romer