by Geneva Lee
First published 2020
The chaos of London is behind them. The protagonist and her husband have settled into a new estate in the countryside, building the life he once believed he had no right to want. A home. A family. Her beside him every night. She can feel how far they have come, and the first child they are expecting is the living proof of it. But the quiet does not hold. Something from the past is moving toward them, and it does not care how much they have changed or how hard they worked to get here. Some wrongs do not stay buried. Some people do not forgive, and some debts come due on someone else's schedule. As the birth of their child draws closer, the threat tightens. The question is no longer whether trouble will arrive. It is whether their marriage, their family, and the future they built together can survive what is coming to collect. Everything they love is on the table, including each other.
Genres: fiction, drama, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, romantic-suspense
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, tense
Tropes: marriage-in-jeopardy, past-comes-back-to-haunt, second-chance-romance, secrets-and-lies
Setting: London, Countryside Estate
Period: Contemporary
246 pages · Paperback · Ivy Estate
Content warnings: death, violence