Claire Vanderfelt Hutchings, in an effort to understand and bring to an end a recurring nightmare, delves into a past that spans from South Africa to Pennsylvania, and discovers that her life, her identity, is a lie.
A nightmare has been troubling Claire Vanderfelt Hutchings for the past two years. Deciding the nightmare may have some significance, she obtains a referral to yet one more therapist. Claireβs goal is simply to make the nightmare stop. However, if it has something to tell her first, she is willing to listen. As she explores the nightmare that leaves her terrified and shaken, questions begin to surfaceβ the answers to which could turn her life inside out.
Her search for clues leads her from Pittsburgh to New Hampshire, where she meets Lee Rowan and his mother, Elizabeth. A strong attraction between Claire and Lee blossoms into a new romanceβone that Claire resists, fearful it will end in disaster, just like her marriage to Shawn Hutchings. Claire comes face-to-face with her deepest fears and longings as she discovers a secret about her past, a lie she has lived for over thirty years. Now, thirty years later, Claire uncovers the truth and puts the missing pieces into place, uniting two familiesβone that has loved her and raised her as their own and the father who never gave up hope.
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