When Kathleen MacKenna dies, she leaves her run-down estate to her best friend, Jenna Rossi-a single mother of three who has always lived a second-hand life. The forested estate includes a neglected lakeside cabin and a run-down Victorian house: both of which need extensive repairs. It also includes something omitted from the will-a hidden skeleton.
With children and loyalties to protect, Jenna tiptoes into the risky role of amateur sleuth-poking the spiderweb that connects her childhood and her mother’s friendships to shattering old tragedies.