charlotte shawe

“Nothing was real, except the pain she now allowed herself to feel. Curling up on the floor, she held her small frame in her arms as she wept for everything she couldn’t have and everything she didn’t want…”

Clara Adams lives, what she considers to be, a perfect life with her husband Ted. After Ted’s recent job promotion, she decides to surprise him with an extravagant home-cooked dinner. Over the course of one night, Clara’s world changes forever. After the arrival of two unexpected guests, the events and stories they hide will finally surface. Everything she knew or thought she understood unravels into a violent and unexpected mess.

What causes her life to change so quickly into the nightmare she must succumb to?

What’s really burning underneath the elegant disguise of Mrs. Adams?