When Esther moves in, Cassie welcomes the chance to help someone else through the same transition she went through when she arrived in Arkansas. But she quickly discovers making new friends is not on Esther's mind. Instead, she seems determined to destroy the friendships Cassie spent the last year creating.

Tamara Hart Heiner lives in Arkansas with her husband, four kids, a cat, a rabbit, and several fish. She would love to add a macaw and a sugar glider to the family collection. She graduated with a degree in English and an editing emphasis from Brigham Young University. She's been an editor for BYU-TV and currently works as an editor for WiDo Publishing and as a freelancer. She's the author of the young adult suspense series, PERILOUS, INEVITABLE, the CASSANDRA JONES saga, and a nonfiction book about the Joplin tornado, TORNADO WARNING.