An overprotective mother of twins embraces a girl who has spent her entire life until age 14 in Foster Care. The girl, Lexi, befriends Jude's daughter Mia when Mia has no friends.

The problem occurs when Lexi falls in love with Mia's twin brother Zach, and the feelings are reciprocated.

Then, tragedy creates a situation where Jude cannot forgive Lexi for the accidental death of one of her children.

anyone who likes a good character study about relationships.

the relationship between Jude and her mother and how Jude fails to see that when tragedy strikes, she is repeating all of her own mother's mistakes.

I liked the characters of Mia and Grace the best.

the predictability of the outcome.

read more of Kristin Hannah's work soon. She tells a compelling story that is fast and engaging reading.

a little uneasy about the character of Lexi. Why does she do what she does in prison? I never really got a satisfactory read on that.

creates characters that the reader can care about.

you get right into it from the beginning. I read it in a day.

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