EliseStark26
In the backroads of Knockemstiff, Elise Russell answers a newspaper ad for a nanny, hoping distance will quiet the grief that's followed her since her sister-in-law's violent death. The house feels wrong, but the baby is innocent - and Elise needs something to hold onto.
When Sandy and her husband leave one night and never return, Elise is left alone with their child and a town full of questions. As an investigation unfolds, she's drawn into the orbit of Lee Bodecker - Sandy's hard-drinking, world-weary brother. Suspicion turns to reluctant partnership, and partnership to something neither of them expected.
But in a place where faith masks cruelty and the past refuses to stay buried, loving each other - and the child left behind - may be the most dangerous choice of all.