Publisher's Synopsis
After the death of his mother, Detective Max Richards and his sister, Willow, don't pay much attention to an old, dusty vintage wooden box they discover shoved into a back corner of a bedroom shelf in their mother's bedroom closet. Did Clare simply forget it was there? Pressing matters keep their focus until the rainy night Willow decides to enjoy a glass of wine and finally open the box. They are shocked to discover the secret their mother kept carefully hidden from them for many years. It was all right there inside the box - the letters, the will, the property deed and the key to the door. In their wildest dreams, they never imagined how Clare's hidden secret was going to permanently change both their lives forever. They say you will discover secrets about your parents when they die and this discovery proved the old adage to be true.