Home before dark - Susan Wiggs

In one woman's search for a place in her daughter's life, family secrets will be exposed and old alliances shattered. But the truth must not be denied.

Sixteen years ago adolescent Jessie did the best she could for her newborn daughter - her older sister adopted baby Lila. Since then Lila has been told that Jessie is but a distant aunt.

Now Jessie's back. She's put her successful career on hold to return home to see the daughter she's never met. Terrified of opening old wounds, but intent on redeeming her careless past, her arrival is destined to expose truths that could change her family forever.