Jill Nelson has a past that won't leave her alone, a son on the edge of destruction and a world that is falling apart. Just when she needs it least, three men arrive in her life: one wants forgiveness, one wants to be her lover, and one wants to kill her. When Jill Nelson arrived in the town of Lynburn with a three-week-old baby she was on the run, looking for a place to hide. For fifteen years she has lived in relative peace, bringing up her son and keeping herself aloof from the rest of the town. But all the time she has known: some secrets are too hard to keep. One day the house of straw she has built for herself and her son will fall apart and her day of reckoning will arrive.
