With a popular comic strip, card line, and children’s cartoon to her name, Lucy Brighton should be in a happy place. But the ache of a cold, lonely childhood lingers on. Even though she still lives in the New Jersey house where she grew up, Lucy has had little contact with her parents since they moved to Florida five years ago.

Then Lucy receives a call that her parents have been killed in a car crash. While settling their affairs in Florida, Lucy begins to realize how little she really knew about their lives. She has no way to explain the mysterious safe in their bedroom, with its cache of fake passports, cash, and weapons. What secrets were the Brightons keeping? Were they even who they claimed to be? The answers will shatter everything she once believed about her parents–and about herself.

Praise for Fern Michaels and her novels

‘Tirelessly inventive and entertaining.’ Booklist on Up Close and Personal

‘Fast-moving … entertaining … a roller-coaster ride of serendipitous fun.’ Publishers Weekly on Mr. and Miss Anonymous

‘Heartbreaking, suspenseful, and tender.’ Booklist on Return to Sender

‘A knockout story.’ Publishers Weekly on Dear Emily