"Mary DeMuth is an evocative, beautiful storyteller. She will move you emotionally, she will impact you spiritually." --Tosca Lee
Willa Muir has spent her life chasing a past she can't remember. A full year of her childhood is missing, locked away behind an impenetrable wall of forgotten trauma. With her parents gone, she has no one left to ask--only cryptic words from her mother's deathbed and a lingering sense that something in her past doesn't add up.
When her fiancé proposes, Willa panics. How can she commit to a future when her own past remains a mystery? Desperate for answers, she returns to her childhood home in Rockwall, Texas, determined to uncover the truth. But the deeper she digs, the more tangled the past becomes--especially when an old love reappears, bringing back emotions she thought she'd left behind.
As long-buried secrets come to light, Willa must decide: Will she let the truth heal her--or will it destroy everything she's built?
Discover the truth waiting within The Muir House--where the past lingers, love endures, and finding home is never as simple as it seems.
Mary DeMuth is the author of several southern novels, including A Slow Burn, Life in Defiance, and the Christy award finalists, Watching the Tree Limbs and Daisy Chain. She’s also written four parenting books and a memoir, Thin Places. She’s passionate about the written word, teaching, and mentoring writers. Mary lives in Texas with her husband, Patrick, and their three children.