A novel about love, obsession, and the dangers of asking others to pay the price for our own happiness, from the acclaimed author ofConcerning Lily. Jane Rose is trying to find her way home. After a childhood spent on the move, following her parents from country to country, she is lonely and dislocated. Then she meets Ben - fascinating, complicated, and irresistible. But Ben, too young, too avid for adventure, proves an unsafe haven. Eight years later they meet again. Ben has a wife, Rebecca; Jane has a child, Beattie. When tragedy strikes it pushes them back together again.

Blinded by love and grief, Jane clings to Ben, but nothing is quite as it seems.