Description:
Claire Bennett dies on the way to divorce the man who never truly chose her-and wakes up years earlier, just as he is about to make the mistake that ruined them both.
In her first life, Ethan Sterling married Claire because she looked almost exactly like her sister, Lillian, the girl he claimed to love. Their marriage curdled into hatred, ending beneath the wheels of an oil tanker. Now both Claire and Ethan remember everything. Ethan is determined to protect Lillian at any cost. Claire wants only to escape their doomed romance and uncover why her gifted, obedient sister once died begging for Claire's help.
But returning home means facing the same nightmare from a younger, stronger position: Margaret Bennett's violent abuse, Richard Bennett's cowardice and corruption, and a family built on control, favoritism, and silence. When Lillian reveals the terror behind her perfect-daughter facade, Claire begins a dangerous identity swap that may give her sister a chance to breathe-and give Claire the leverage to tear their parents' lies apart.
Ethan keeps interfering, convinced Claire is cruel, jealous, and bent on revenge. Yet the closer Claire gets to the truth, the harder it becomes for him to ignore what Lillian fears and what Claire survived.
Claire refuses to be anyone's substitute this time. But changing Lillian's fate may require exposing every secret in the Bennett house-and becoming far more frightening than the people who once broke her.
Author Biography:
Emily Parker writes heartfelt romance about finding love after heartbreak and building something real.