No Good Deed

Ashcroft Hills is the kind of suburb where lawns are immaculate, school fundraisers run like clockwork, and one woman holds everything together. Whitney Boone knows every family's secrets—and she decides who belongs. Paula Fenton, a single mother rebuilding her life after escaping abuse, accepts Whitney's open arms without question. The casseroles, the school connections, the warm introductions all feel like salvation. Then Paula says no to a small favor, and the warmth turns surgical. Anonymous calls. Fabricated concerns about her son. A pattern perfected on women before her—women no one believed.