The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn’t just dead. He never really existed. Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor. But her husband had secrets she has yet to discover. Even in this small town, surrounded by loved ones, danger is closer than she knows—and threatens Griff, as well. And an attempted murder is only the beginning...


小比的丈夫將她從田納西州帶到費城郊區的高級住宅，卻在逝世後留給小比沉重的債務。她的丈夫不僅偷吃還謊話連篇；小比在他的保險箱裡搜出多個身分證件，這才明白原來自己所愛之人並非剛死，而是從未存在過。她帶著三歲大的女兒往南返回家鄉，尋求慰藉。在家鄉，她遇見了一個新面孔：葛里夫‧羅特，一名事業有成的承包商。然而，小比的丈夫竟然還有她沒發現的秘密。即便在這溫馨的小鎮，身邊都是愛她的人，危險卻出乎她意料地步步逼近，甚至也威脅到葛里夫。一場謀殺未遂事件只是個開端……