Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:Forgiveness is one thing, but who really forgets?

Ivy Griffith has been released from jail after serving time for covering up the strangulation death of a high school classmate ten years earlier. She�??s paid her debt to society. Kicked her drug habit. She�??s making a fresh start.

Problem is, everyone in her hometown of Jacob�??s Ear, Colorado, knows what she did. And her seven-year-old son, Montana, won�??t stop probing about the father he has never met�??the man Ivy was too stoned to even remember.

Plagued by her own shame and her little boy�??s cries for male affirmation, Ivy is thrilled when Rue Kessler takes an interest in Montana and her. Maybe, just maybe, he�??s the answer to prayer she�??s been waiting for.

But Rue has a shadow hanging over his past and is suspected in a rash of bizarre, brutal beatings. He denies any involvement, and Ivy believes him�??until she discovers he and Montana have kept a secret from her.

At a loss for what to believe or where to turn, Ivy�??s on the verge of despair and wonders if even God has given up on her. Or is something bigger at play here�??something being orchestrated outside of her control that�??s about to bring down the curta