A novel Beneath the surface

Zane Bigelow grew up in a beautiful, perfectly maintained house in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Outsiders, and even his own aunt who lives across the lake, see his parents as a successful surgeon and his elegant wife, who always attend their children's ballet recitals and baseball games. Only Zayn and his sister know the truth until, after one brutal night, the cracks in that facade finally show, and Zayn runs off to study at college and never looks back...

Years later, Zane returns to his hometown, determined, despite the painful memories, to reconnect with that environment and the people who mean a lot to him. He starts living in that picturesque town again and meets a talented exterior designer named Darby, who is also running from her own ghosts.