Kensington
December 2018
On Sale: November 27, 2018
352 pages ISBN: 1496708040 EAN: 9781496708045 Kindle: B07B79QQCK Trade Size / e-Book Add to Wish List
Twelve years ago, Glory abandoned her two
daughters—four-year-old Ruby and baby Aurora—at a fire
station, running off to a man who promised love and
protection. Though the refuge she hoped for turned out to be
a sham, she believes Ruby and Aurora are better off without
her. But Glory has since given birth to another daughter,
who’s clamoring for a life beyond their close-knit, tightly
controlled world.
Sixteen-year-old Ruby loves her adoptive parents, but she
hasn’t forgotten Glory. Now that she has her driver’s
license, Ruby sets out in search of her birth mother. What
she finds is a ramshackle house of castaway women, referred
to as “sisters,” ruled over by a charismatic bully who
monitors their every move.
Glory would take ten-year-old Luna away in a heartbeat if
they had somewhere to go. On good days, the girl is confined
to the fenced-in yard; on bad days, she’s sent to the dusty
attic as punishment. When Ruby makes contact, Glory seizes
on a chance for escape. Ruby is desperate to help, but how
much does she owe to family she barely knows—and how can she
fix someone else’s life when she has so little power over
her own?