The Lie She Keeps

For fans of Local Woman Missing and The Family Upstairs, and for readers of domestic suspense and book club fiction, The Lie She Keeps follows Ivy Rhodes who grew up in a cult where men led, and women bred. She was taught to be quiet, to comply, to be good. Until she could no longer stomach the life she was forced to live. Until she ran.

After her escape, she buried her painful past and built a new life in Vermont. A beautiful, quiet life with a family, a home, and a place to belong.

But the fragile normalcy Ivy fought for shatters when women start disappearing in her small, sleepy town. Schools close. New neighbors draw unsettling attention. Fear tightens its grip on the community. And everything Ivy hears sounds eerily like her childhood: the coercion, the silence, the doubt. Her need for answers becomes obsession. Is it paranoia? Or is it the instinct she's carried all along: that the people who stole her childhood will never truly let her go?

This quiet life was supposed to keep her family safe. Now Ivy must decide how far she'll go to protect them, and whether the girl she used to be is the only one who can.

This book is for you if...
—You love slow-burn domestic suspense with The Girls-style unease.
—You're gripped by cult-survivor stories and the families people build after they get out.
—You want dual timelines, buried secrets, and an emotional core that hits hard.
—You're craving a Vermont fall setting where the cozy surface hides something darker.
—For fans of Lisa Jewell, Mary Kubica, Megan Miranda, Liane Moriarty. 

What readers are saying...
"SO good. I've been in a book rut lately, choosing books that are just alright, and this has me immediately hooked! I thought I had it figured out, but there were a few curves!"

"I have tears and chills and the whole time kept thinking what an epic movie this could be. It's amazing—intense and heartwarming and heartbreaking and thrilling all at once. The writing had me hooked right away and I honestly devoured it. Wow just wow."

"Just finished. Stayed up late and just read the rest. To say I loved it would be an understatement. It kept me on my toes, it captured the essence of being a mom, and the way a parent will do anything and everything to protect their child. Loved it!"