When Ruby's perfect life shatters, she returns to the one place that holds all her secrets—and all her fears.
Bookshop owner Ruby Cardel thought she'd left her troubled past behind. But when everything falls apart, she has nowhere to go except back to Lyrebird Hill, her childhood home in the Australian bush. The old house should be a refuge—instead, it awakens memories she's spent years suppressing.
Her sister's violent death. The guilt that's haunted her for decades. And the terrifying question: was it really an accident?
When Ruby confides in Pete Milford, her long-lost best friend, their childhood connection ignites into something deeper. Pete survived the foster care system by building walls around his heart, but Ruby has always been his weakness. He knows she'd never hurt anyone—especially not the sister she adored. But Ruby's not so sure.
Then she discovers letters from 1898, written by her great-grandmother who was convicted of murder.
As Ruby uncovers her family's dark legacy, she must confront the truth about that terrible day—and decide if she can trust Pete with her heart when she can't even trust herself. Because some secrets are worth killing for, and at Lyrebird Hill, the past never stays buried.
A dual-timeline romantic suspense about second chances, buried secrets, and the healing power of love.
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Anna Romer is an internationally bestselling Australian author of mystery and romance, both historical and contemporary, with paranormal elements - ghosts, haunted houses, and fairytales. She lives on the coast in North Eastern Australia and when she's not writing she's a keen gardener, knitter, bushwalker and conservationist.
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