"Well-written multi-faceted read"

Married for fifteen years to a man who directs a right- wing organization, Faith Bronson leads a charmed life. With the requisite beautiful children, a fourteen-year-old girl, Remy, and an eleven-year-old boy, Alex, Faith has few complaints as wife, mother, and homemaker in their elegant northern Virginia home.

When she discovers her husband, David, at their West Virginia cottage with another man, her carefully built world crumbles around her. Forced to move to her mother's uninhabited Georgetown home on Prospect Street, Faith begins renovations there as she researches the kidnapping of her newborn sister from the house some thirty years prior. Eccentric neighbor Dottie Lee fills in the gaps of Faith's research as Faith begins a relationship with Pavel Quinn, dot-com guru and fellow Georgetown resident.

Ms. Richards deftly integrates all aspects of Faith's existence into one neat package. A new love interest, a troubled teen-age daughter, and disturbing facts about her older sister's kidnapping keep this novel brimming with tension. As the pieces to the puzzle of the thirty-year- old mystery begin to fall into place, Faith must come to terms with her husband's homosexuality and learn to trust again. Multifaceted, this is a read that will appeal to a reader searching for mystery, romance, and personal struggles all in one page-turning read.

Reviewed by Sheri Melnick
Posted June 25, 2002