secrets, deceptions, and lies. michele sims, the multi-award-winning author of the moore family saga is back with a second chance romance novel. carly rivers, a small town girl with big dreams to become a renowned expert on historical african american communities unexpectedly encounters her college sweetheart, mason moore, after ten years apart in charleston, south carolina. mason has transformed his family's business into an international conglomerate.both are rising from the ashes of a failed marriage. can carly survive in mason's world of secrets, and feelings that have yet to be acknowledged?can they rediscover the love they once shared, peeling back the layers one at a time?or will the untold truth cost them the second chance at love they both deserve?