2025 American Legacy Book Awards - Finalist: Mystery/Suspense "It is a tale full of intrigue, lies, and murder. It's the perfect novel for readers who have experienced familial drama." -Jeffrey James Higgins, author of Furious Betrayed by Stella, the sister she adored, Grace Burnette struggles to put her previously well-ordered life back together. News of Stella's death in Ecuador propels Grace into a dangerous world of intrigue. Accompanied by the man her mother hired to protect her, Grace confronts her ex-fiance and Stella's widower. She joins forces with Stella's lover, Adelmo Balsuto, a man with a dangerous past, to bring her sister's killers to justice. Adelmo is more interested in revenge than justice, and Grace must choose how far she will go to settle the score for her sister. An explosive encounter with her sister's killers brings back a long-buried memory that could destroy her family. The choices Grace makes could cause forgiveness and redemption or despair and destruction.