Haley Tilbury was sixteen years old when she discovered she was adopted. Almost ten years later she comes face to face with Evie Sullivan, the woman she thinks is her biological mother.

When Haley starts dating Dylan Crowe, criminal defense attorney and brother of a prime suspect in an unsolved murder case, she finds herself in a tangled maze of questions that lead her back to her past.

What happened during the first few years of her life? Why does her mother seem to be protecting her adopted father from something?

When Evie is hired to tend to the landscaping on Dylan's newly purchased oceanfront property, both women separately dig up clues involving the murder case the Crowe family's name was dragged through the mud for. Nineteen-year-old Bella Winters was found dead during an open house, tucked into the guest room bed, her body discovered by real estate agent and Dylan’s brother, James Crowe. The crime happened in Bridgeton, Massachusetts, but the closer Evie and Haley get to uncovering the truth, the more they realize the murder is tied to Flagport.

Everyone in town has something to hide: a jealous ex-lover with a secret past, a wealthy family hiding their dirty laundry, and a few locals in Bridgeton who have their own theories on the case.

The truth is murkier than they imagined, and as they get closer to the heart of the mystery, the line between ally and enemy begins to blur.