1989, Botswana

A marriage on the edge. A death that still haunts the desert. Secrets that could destroy them all.

When the Australian pilots' dispute ruins their careers, journalist Verity White and her pilot husband James escape to Botswana, hoping the Okavango Delta will save their failing marriage.

Instead, the Delta forces Verity to confront the ghosts haunting James—and the brother whose hunting death in the Kalahari still divides his family.

When Verity's daughter Saskia and her friend Angie flee their boarding school and arrive in the Delta searching for Angie's father, they stumble into a deadly world of illegal poaching and buried secrets.

Their discovery exposes the truth about that long-ago hunting trip—and draws them into the orbit of Starky Willis, the charismatic safari operator everyone suspects might be at the center of it all.

As poachers close in and old loyalties shatter, Verity races to uncover what really happened in the Kalahari—before the lies kill someone she loves.

In the Okavango Delta, some secrets refuse to stay buried. Some are worth killing for.

A sweeping African story of love, betrayal, and second chances.

Drawn from the author's own experiences managing a luxury safari lodge in the Okavango Delta. Perfect for readers who enjoy Africa-set romantic suspense, historical fiction, evocative wilderness settings, family secrets, bush pilots, and stories where love and danger are never far apart.