One day June Nealon was happily anticipating a lifetime of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice.

For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat, though, something happens one day that changes everything for him.

Now he has one last chance for salvation, and it lies with June's twelve-year-old daughter, Claire. Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate, if it meant saving someone you love? Once again, Jodi Picoult mesmerises and enthralls readers with a story of justice, love and redemption.