In the quiet coastal town of Haverford Bay, betrayal doesn’t whisper— it screams. When Mara Ellison, a woman who once believed she had everything—a loving husband, a stable life, a future built on trust—finds an unfamiliar limited-edition lipstick in her husband’s coat, the world she knows fractures. Her best friend, the sharp-tongued and always-in-control Sienna Ward, insists it’s the classic sign of cheating. But as Mara digs deeper, nothing adds up: a missing junior employee, a mysterious leave request, a rental abruptly abandoned, and a series of late-night trips her husband never mentioned. Then the police arrive. A young woman has been found dead in the abandoned Ridgepoint Woods, the same remote place tied to her husband’s unexplained outings. And Mara is now the last known person linked to both victim and suspect. But in Haverford Bay, nothing is what it seems. As every trail loops back to her own home, Mara begins uncovering truths twisted far beyond infidelity—truths involving forged records, staged evidence, a disappearing husband, and a betrayal so meticulously crafted it could only come from someone who knows her better than anyone else. Someone she has trusted for ten years. Someone who has always been by her side. Someone who would kill to keep her. And when the truth steps into the light, Mara realizes: the lipstick wasn’t a clue. It was a warning. A warning she was never meant to survive.