Secrets She Left Behind - Diane Chamberlain

- - PLOT - - Secrets she left behind is the follow up novel to Before the storm and follows the lives of the Lockwood family since the fire that devestated both their family and many others on the island. Maggie Lockwood is returning to the island from her year spent in prison for her part in the fire that took three lives and left many with physical and emotional scars, she has no idea what is waiting for her at home. But she couldn't have imagined the anger that people held for her, those who's children had been killed in the fire or burnt so badly that their lives had been changed forever ... more

More than a year has passed since a fire ripped through a Topsail church hosting a youth party where three people were killed and many more were injured and the community is still trying to cope with the aftermath of the blaze. Maggie Lockwood was found guilty of pouring gasoline around the perimeter of the church which was accidentally ignited when another teenager lit a cigarette and is now to be released from prison, life behind bars was tough for this privileged teenager but will be even harder lot tougher upon her release. Her half brother Keith was one of those injured in the fire and ... more