Gina Royal is pure grayness embodied—a quiet Midwestern housewife in a happy marriage with two charming children. But when, due to a car accident, the truth about her husband’s secret life—a serial killer—comes to light, she will have to become Gwen Proctor—a reckless warrior-mom.
Her ex-husband is in prison, and Gwen finally finds shelter at her new home on a distant Stillhouse Lake. And although gossip hunters and internet trolls still chase her, believing she’s involved in her husband’s crimes, Gwen hopes her children will grow up in peace.
But just as she settles into her new life, a body is found in the lake—and threatening letters start arriving from an address so familiar. Gwen Proctor must keep friends close and enemies at a distance, or her children will become victims of a killer who takes pleasure in her suffering. One thing is certain: she has learned how to fight evil. And nothing will stop her.