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Maya and Rebecca Ward are both respected physicians, yet their lives diverge after witnessing their parents’ murder as teens. Maya becomes cautious, establishing a calm practice with her husband Adam, while Rebecca thrives on risk. A devastating hurricane brings the sisters and Adam together in a relief effort, and Maya agrees to join. While caring for victims, a helicopter crash leaves her presumed dead in floodwaters. With Maya’s disappearance, Rebecca and Adam seek comfort and intimacy from one another. Far from civilization, Maya must confront unknown strangers and the trauma that still haunts her, forcing her to find the courage to survive and to redefine the life she once knew.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Diane Chamberlain
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