Verity

When Lowen Ashleigh accepts the opportunity of a lifetime, she is a struggling writer on the verge of financial collapse. Lowen has been recruited by bestselling novelist Verity Crawford's husband, Jeremy Crawford, to finish the novels in a popular series that his wounded wife is unable to finish.

Upon arriving at the Crawford residence, Lowen sets about going through years' worth of Verity's outlines and notes in the hopes of discovering enough information to get her going. What Lowen finds in the tumultuous office is an incomplete autobiography that Verity never meant for anybody to read. Bone-chilling confessions on page after page, including Verity's memory of what really transpired on the day her daughter passed away.

Since Jeremy would be devastated by the manuscript's contents, Lowen chooses to keep it a secret from him. The father is already mourning. However, as Lowen's affections for Jeremy become stronger, she realizes all the advantages she would have if Jeremy were to read what his wife has written. Jeremy's love for his damaged wife would ultimately be hard to sustain in the face of this horrific fact, regardless of how committed he is to her.