"When Keely Bennett's world is shattered by the suicide of her beloved husband Richard, she and her nine-year-old son Dylan have to start over. Her late husband's childhood friend, Mark Weaver, helps Keely settle Richard's affairs and sweeps her into a whirlwind romance - and eventually a comfortable suburban lifestyle that includes marriage and a beautiful baby girl.".

"The darkness that clouded Keely's past has all but vanished. Yet Dylan, now a teenager, remains distant, brooding and resentful of his stepfather and baby sister, Abby. Then history repeats itself and her life is once again thrown into chaos. But Keely's nightmare is just beginning ... for the authorities are looking for a murderer and they already have a prime suspect: Dylan."--BOOK JACKET.