The No 1 New York Times bestselling author "Utterly enthralling" (Daily Express) Miss Layla Beck despises small-town life After refusing to marry the man her rich father has picked for her, Layla is banished to the remote town of Macedonia, West Virginia, a place where, she is convinced, nothing important has ever happened Tasked to write down the history of the town, Layla meets the seductive Romeyn family As she peels back the layers of family feuds, lies, even murder, Layla discovers to her cost, The smallest towns have the biggest secrets