The Life She Stole

A gripping, heartbreaking and suspenseful novel packed with family secrets

For the first time in fifteen years, I stand in my hometown, watching the sun glint on the frozen lake where my sister and I spent so many happy summers. The lake where her husband died. I can’t believe he’s dead. And the world thinks one of us killed him.

My sister was my best friend. But I haven’t spoken to her since she stole my fianc and the life I dreamed of on my wedding day. So, when she calls in the middle of the night, every instinct tells me to hang up. Until I hear the fateful words that break my heart: “He’s dead, Eliza. Alex is dead.”

I vowed never to return, but I have to support my sister. And when I stand outside her picket fence home, the sound of her beautiful children playing nearby, I feel a longing in my chest. But stepping inside, it’s far from the life I’d imagined. There are secrets hidden here that make me wo