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The story is about a gossipy woman finding out that being a "good Christian" is indeed a 24 hour job.

In the late 1970s, 15-year-old Camille Sheridan moved to Crescent Falls with her mom and stepfather. It was an unfamiliar place, but it wasn’t long before she met Christopher Peters and Luke Samuels, two boys in the neighborhood that would soon become her best friends. Chris was colorful, funny, and optimistic, a free spirit and full of life. Luke was kind and thoughtful; constantly talking about the future and a better life.

Just as things are starting to look up for the Ellison family, a knock at the door will rock them to its knees and change the dynamics in this family forever. Constance (Connie) Ellison an attorney from Seattle, Washington, is looking for her long lost father, Charles Ellison, since the recent death of her mother, and her search has landed her on the front steps of Charles’s widower, Mrs. Coretta Ellison, a woman of faith and forgiveness.

Claudia's mother and matriarch of the family, Mrs. Coretta Ellison, tries desperately to hold her family together after a long-held family secret is let out of the bag and threatens the fibers of the Ellison family.

Noelle Harrison had everything she ever wanted - a handsome, hard-working husband, healthy children, and a comfortable life. Now it doesn't seem to be enough. When did that happen? Enter Clark Johnson and suddenly what was a nagging issue has become a full-blown problem for Noelle and her husband, Wayne. Join Noelle on her tumultuous journey of self-discovery.

I'm Greer Muldoon. I have made so many bad decisions in my life. I hated myself for so long. See, my 14th birthday party was the best party a girl my age could ask for. I received everything that I could have ever wanted. Freshmen year was a breeze, until that evening. How could the best day and the worst day happen within 24 hours? At 28, I'm trying to deal with being a mother, a wife, and an oblivious victim. I was told not to tell what he did to me. I kept his secrets, our secrets, for years, and now I have a daughter. As she creeps toward puberty, I feel the anxiety of my demons. My life is in shambles and I don't know which way to turn. Should I tell my husband - should I reveal my pain to my family? My heart is filled with sorrow, all because I didn't tell.

Christine Bailey comes from a privileged background, always sees the good in people, and swiftly falls for the enigmatic and handsome Awesome Petté, who exemplifies charm, intellect, ambition, and the gift to incite her sexual inhibitions. She believes he is her soul mate but will soon discover she has been living in a fool's paradise because he will slowly draw her into a sinister plot that will leave her asking, "What type of monster did his parents create?"