Broken Promises

Arlene Simone Jacobs seemed to have everything: looks, intelligence, wealth, her pick of men, a successful business, a friendship lasting more than forty years, and a loving, close-knit Simmons family. One dark night took it all away. A hit-and-run struck on the evening of her best friend's brother's wedding and altered the lives of everyone involved. Arlene had many people with reasons to wish her harm, including men from her past and rivals in her present, so working out who wanted her dead was no simple task. Was she truly responsible for the trouble that found her, or was part of the story still missing?

Her best friend, Emily Ann Simmons-Blackstone, refused to accept that Arlene might not survive long enough to answer those questions. Emily set out on a determined, solitary mission for justice. Although she was shaken to learn how much of Arlene's troubled history had been kept from her, that discovery did not stop Emily from identifying the person who attacked Arlene. Then Emily vanished. Arlene and the Simmons family now had to protect Arlene while also searching for Emily. As the investigation takes unexpected turns, the truths that surface could either draw the family closer together or split them apart for good. The novel asks whether they can find their way through a life shaped by broken promises and shattered dreams.