Kelsey Byden is twenty-six, and she's starting over. She has made a clean break from her husband and is ready for a brand-new life without him.But to Kelsey's shock, another person from her past has surfaced: her mother, Naomi Chadwick. Kelsey's father, an English professor, had told her that her mother was dead, and Kelsey had seen no reason to doubt his word. But now she's learned the truth: Naomi has been in prison all these years - for the murder of her lover.Now Kelsey is on her way to Three Willows, her mother's splendid Virginia horse farm, putting her future on hold to sort out the mysteries and deceptions of the past. But as the bond between mother and daughter is reforged, and Kelsey is swept into the glamorous world of thoroughbred racing - and an unsettling new romance - she is about to discover that the present holds dangerous secrets as well.Once again, Nora Roberts crafts a dazzling thriller filled with fast-paced suspense and furious passion - an unforgettable story of the deepest, and the darkest, desires of the heart. Read Less