Welcome to Litsy!

Betrayal was just the beginning� Melanie Hale is a devoted mother to her two children, a diligent caregiver to her ailing mother-in-law and a trusted neighbor in their wealthy Louisiana community. Above all, she�s a loving partner to her wonderful husband, Collin. Then there are the parts of herself that Mel keeps hidden. She�s exhausted, worried and unfulfilled. So much so that one night, after a writers� group meeting, Mel begins an affair with a successful local author named Luke. Suddenly she�s transformed into a role she doesn�t recognize�a woman who deceives with unseemly ease. A woman who might be capable of just about anything. When Mel finds Luke�s dead body in his lavish rented house, she realizes just how high the stakes have become. Not only does she have to keep her affair a secret in order to preserve her marriage, but she desperately needs to avoid being implicated in Luke�s death. But who would want to kill him? Who else in her life is keeping secrets? And most terrifying of all, how far will they�and she�go to keep those secrets hidden?