Tessa Cole has built the life she once promised herself she would have: a handsome husband, a beloved daughter, a brownstone in Briarwood Heights and a successful online career built around the image of modern motherhood. The picture is imperfect beneath the surface. Damon cheated years ago, and although Tessa chose to forgive him, trust never fully returned. When new families gather in the park at Maple Circle, old insecurities wake almost immediately. Maren arrives with her quiet daughter and a talent for watching people. Pregnant Brielle is desperate to protect a secret that could destroy her marriage and scandalize her family. Tessa recognizes connections she would rather leave in the past, while every new friendship seems to create another reason to doubt what she is being told. Soon the neighborhood's easy sociability gives way to suspicion. Questions about fathers, former lovers and hidden relationships become impossible to contain. Children are pulled into adult rivalries, police attention closes in, and the women of Maple Circle discover that motherhood can make people both fiercely protective and dangerously irrational. Secrets Around Maple Circle is a domestic psychological thriller about jealousy, family and the cost of maintaining a perfect life. Each woman believes she is protecting the people she loves. Each has something she cannot afford to reveal. And when one of them decides that keeping a family together matters more than obeying anyone else's rules, the secrets circling the neighborhood stop being gossip and become a threat to the children at the center of it all.
Tessa Cole has built the life she once promised herself she would have: a handsome husband, a beloved daughter, a brownstone in Briarwood Heights and a successful online career built around the image of modern motherhood. The picture is imperfect beneath the surface. Damon cheated years ago, and ...