First published 2015
Joey Lockhart fled Pearl, Ohio after high school and now hides behind her camera in Florida. A persistent man refuses to let her retreat into photography and pushes her toward vulnerability. Meanwhile, Juliette Carrington returns to Pearl after seven years of drug addiction to bury her grandmother. Her family rejects her again, but a recovering alcoholic living in the woods offers refuge and understanding. Selena Bodine escaped her hometown through Air Force service, leaving behind painful memories and the man she loved. An urgent call from her father forces her back to Pearl and a confrontation with Cullen, who now investigates her professionally. Laydi Michaels wakes up married to the boss who fired her the night before. She faces a dangerous case while dealing with crisis back in Pearl. All four women must confront their pasts and the Girl Code that binds them as sisters. Each discovers that running from love and pain only delays the reckoning that will define their futures.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Florida, Ohio, Pearl
Period: 21st-century
360 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Content warnings: addiction, alcohol-abuse, depression, substance-abuse