Under Currents

Zane Bigelow's family is living a lie. On the outside his parents, Dr. Graham Bigelow and his socially prominent wife Eliza, seem to be attentive to their children and pillars of the community. To their son and daughter they are abusive monsters. In Under Currents by Nora Roberts, the situation comes to a boil one night when Zane and his father face off.

Fortunately for Zane, he has been diligently documenting the abuse and the local police chief believes him. Graham and Eliza are sentenced to jail and Zane and Britt, his sister, move in with their aunt Emily and try to forget their brutal childhood.

Fast forward nearly 20 years when Zane is now an attorney, living in Raleigh. He decides it's time to return to his North Carolina roots and he moves back to Lakeview where his sister, aunt, uncle and many other relatives still live.

He meets an energetic whirlwind landscape artist named Darby McCray who has dazzled everyone she meets with her talents. But Darby also has a secret and she doesn't want to share it with anyone so she keeps relationships at arms length. Despite her better judgment, she begins to enjoy Zane's company.

Zane is beginning to build his life in Lakeview into something meaningful, but in the back of his mind, he knows his father is soon to be released from prison. It would be unthinkable for Graham or Eliza to return to Lakeview, but the shadow still haunts Zane.

An breathtakingly suspenseful novel that will leave you sitting on the edge of your chair by the time you finish it.



Disclosure: I received this book from the publisher for a fair review.