The Ninth Step

Is it true what they say? That were only as sick as our worst secret? Because Helen Patrice has one. Last night, she murdered a stranger Helen is a recovering alcoholic struggling through a twelve-step program. Now its time to make amends for a crime she got away witha hit and run accident that killed the wife of school teacher Edgar Woolrich. Its time to face the consequences. When she finally gathers the courage to meet him, the ninth step begins with a liethe first of many as their relationship grows, and Helen knows its far too late to reveal the truth to a man shes come to love. Then one day, she receives an anonymous note: Does he know you killed his wife? Now her devastating trail of deceit is about to lead her into the darkest place so farthat of other peoples secrets