Genre: Dual Timeline, Upmarket Fiction

Word count: 70,000

Synopsis: In law and in life, you’re not supposed to empathize with your adversary. But what if your adversary is a sad old woman who worms her way into your life and makes you question everything?

Eve Hollisman puts in billable hours at her New York City law firm, falls asleep on her keyboard, and does it all over again the next morning—all for the sake of making partner. It’s a straightforward goal, and it’s certainly more productive than fixating on her idyllic childhood as an expat in Singapore, her late father’s laugh, or her marriage to her law school sweetheart—and where it all went wrong.  

That is, until she receives a strange phone call from Grace, an old woman who’s about to be evicted. The world of pain and regret in Grace’s voice opens a chasm inside Eve and compels her to help Grace. There’s only one problem: Eve represents the building that’s trying to evict her.

Torn between everything she’s worked for and doing what’s right, Eve is pulled into a decades-old mystery, propelling her to uncover the secrets of the building that have made Grace a prisoner of her past. With time running out and her fate tied to Grace, Eve is forced to confront the prison of her own past, the precariousness of her happiness, and whether the life she’s created is worth jeopardizing. 

Ideal for readers of female intergenerational relationships, those who love: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, the layered mystery of The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza, and the quirk and chaos of Finlay Donovan is Killing It.