Emerson Alvarez

Emma has spent her entire life trapped in Fowler’s fundamentalist cult. After a final act of humiliation, she decides to flee. Sam, a fellow member, bound by guilt and defiance, agrees to help her escape.

After a twist of fate brings their families together for Christmas, Charlotte sets out to prove her old friend Jackie's life is too good to be true.

After years spent working internationally, Rachel returns home desperate to reconnect with the daughter she left behind. But when a terrifying man threatens Samantha's life, Rachel must finally become the mother she never was.

When a lonely petty thief begins a correspondence with the woman of his dreams, two competing fantasies collide in an unexpectedly human story about loneliness, class, and the desperate need to belong.