
In a race against time, each critical moment holds life in the balance as Corey, Gina and Leo approach a common breaking point. Secrecy, obsession and desperation dictate each character’s path in this spectacular debut.

Unfortunately for him, Corey saw what happened, as did other eyes in the shadows.

After a shocking poolside accident, everything depends on Leo burying the truth before his family and friends arrive for the holiday weekend. Under the cover of darkness, Leo Sheffield-a billionaire CEO, patriarch and the owner of the vast lakeside manor-arrives unexpectedly with a companion. One night just before Memorial Day weekend, he breaks in to the wrong home at the wrong time: the Sheffield estate, where he and his mother, Gina, work.

His last summer before college, he settles for the escapism he finds in sneaking into neighboring mansions. A tragic accident threatens to unravel two families in this gripping novel of suspense and culture clash set in the Hamptons.Ĭorey Halpern, a local high schooler with a troubled home life, is desperate to leave the Hamptons and start anew somewhere else.
