一段令人心碎又無法自拔的愛情故事，一場秘密戀情，最終卻成為眾所皆知的醜聞。加百列的歸來撼動了整個小鎮，也撕裂了貝絲平靜的生活。十年前，那個夏天，年僅十七歲的她與加百列墜入愛河，以為那是命中注定的開始；然而，他的離開令她徹底崩潰。最終是法蘭克拾起她破碎的心，給她一個穩定的家與一個可愛的兒子。如今，加百列突然重現，往日的激情再次點燃。面對丈夫、家庭與舊情，她必須做出痛苦的選擇。這是一部糾纏愛情與罪惡、忠誠與背叛的小說，如詩如歌，情感濃烈，扣人心弦。IT WAS A SECRET AFFAIR. UNTIL IT WAS A PUBLIC SCANDAL.'Lyrical, brutal and passionate. I devoured it'MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of The Paper Palace'Evocative, sensitive and compelling . . . Fires directly at the heart and hits the mark'DELIA OWENS, author of Where the Crawdads Sing'Broke my heart then mended it again. An epic, tortured love story. Bring tissues'JENNIE GODFREY, author of The List of Suspicious Things'A love story like no other'CHRIS WHITAKER, author of All the Colours of the DarkEveryone in the village said nothing good would come of Gabriel's return. And as Beth looks at the man she loves on trial for murder, she can't help thinking they were right.Beth was seventeen when she first met Gabriel. Over that heady, intense summer, he made her think a
