First published 2026
Grace Harrow has spent her childhood listening to the cries of pregnant young women hidden away at her family's estate. The Harrow Home for Wayward Girls has sheltered hundreds of these women over the years, their sorrows forming the soundtrack to Grace's upbringing. In the summer of 1947, everything changes when her father sells the property to a wealthy hotelier. Grace assumes the new owner's daughters will be pampered and difficult, but Rose, the eldest, surprises her. Rose envies what she sees as Grace's natural confidence, unaware of the abuse Grace suffers from her father. As the two girls grow closer and form an unexpected friendship, they discover they are not alone at Harrow Home. One of the wayward girls never left. She remains in the shadows, seeking revenge and demanding justice. Grace and Rose must work together to uncover the brutal truth hidden within the estate's walls, but Grace's father will do anything to keep the past buried. If their investigation succeeds, the revelations could shatter both families forever.
Genres: drama, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adult-fiction, psychological-thriller, mystery-thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotionally-intense, gothic, haunting, suspenseful
Tropes: dark-secrets, found-family, revenge-plot, unlikely-friendship
Setting: Harrow Home for Wayward Girls, Estate
Period: 1947, Summer 1947
400 pages · Hardcover · Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Content warnings: abuse, child-abuse, emotional-abuse, physical-abuse