Some families break. Others explode.
Grace Balcolm is a devoted wife, a loving mother—and a woman on the edge. Her ex-husband Harris’s toxic influence over their daughter Abby grows darker by the day. But the greater danger is a secret that could destroy her current marriage and exile her from the Church of the Holy Flame.
Simon Balcolm’s faith demands obedience. Sacrifice. Action. On the verge of becoming an elder in the Church, Simon is ready to uphold the will of God—whatever it requires. Nothing will stand in the way of his divine mandate. Not even his wife.
Harris Armstrong knows he’s made mistakes. He’s a recovering alcoholic with a short fuse, fighting to prove he’s changed. But his ex-wife Grace won’t let up. She’s coming for full custody—again—and the pressure’s building. Then the hits start coming. Dumb, petty stuff that piles up fast. His grip is slipping—on his temper, on his sobriety.
Rae Cadell is caught in the middle. She supports her husband Harris’s sobriety, takes Grace’s passive-aggressive jabs on the chin, and does her best to be rock solid for her stepdaughter Abby—while wrestling with her own recovery and the letters that keep showing up from a past she thought she’d left behind.
When Rae stumbles onto Grace’s secret, Grace lashes out, triggering a chain reaction no one can control. The stakes turn deadly—and not everyone makes it out alive.