Can you be happy if you are constantly haunted by the past? Olivia McAfee knows what it's like to start all over again. She leaves her husband overnight, and after the divorce, she and her son Asher move back to the place of her childhood, a sleepy small town in New Hampshire, where she takes over her father's bee farm. Starting over is not unknown to high school student Lily Campanello either. When he and his mother move to Adams during their senior year of high school, they both hope to start with a clean slate with a change of scenery. The two young people, Asher and Lily, fall in love, but the girl is sometimes plagued by doubts as to whether she can completely trust Asher. One day, Olivia's phone rings: Lily is dead, and the police suspect Asher of the murder. Olivia insists on her son's innocence to the end, but she is forced to admit to herself that her father's violent nature sometimes shows in Asher. As the details of the case emerge during the court hearing, Olivia realizes that Asher is hiding more secrets than she realized. Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan's joint novel is the story of an unforgettable love, a tragic death and a thrilling investigation that seeks the answer to the question of what we risk everything when we take on ourselves for our happiness.