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A tension-filled decades-long look at the rawness of need – the things we think, or perhaps are lucky enough to know, we need – to make us whole – and what may be unleashed in our compulsion to find them.

Told in the alternating intimate first-person POV voices of Billie and Cassie – two young women who meet as pre-teens – and following their complicated, emotionally-intense friendship through ups and downs that criss-cross time, culminating in at least two traumatic events as heartbreaking as they are inevitable.

As Billie, (seeking redemption in love and acceptance), and Cassie, (who has subrogated the allure of wealth for intimacy), each face their own demons, their fierce dependence on each other is threatened, as the foundation of their lives shifts through the competing dramas kicked off by their collective and individual experiences in childhood, college, career, relationships, and motherhood.

This fascinating, deep, dark look at friendship is both touching and troubling, and will appeal to readers of psychological suspense, domestic thrillers, and anyone who enjoys taut character-driven journeys.

A great big thank you to #StMartinspress for an ARC of this book. All thoughts presented are my own.