Two decades of secrets, a missing husband, and a man with no memory are at the heart of this brilliant new novel from the bestselling author of GIRLS IN THE GARDEN. In a windswept British seaside town, single mum Alice Lake finds a man sitting on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, and no idea how he got there. Against her better judgment, she invites him inside. Meanwhile, in a suburb of London, 21-year-old Lily Monrose has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. Then the police tell her that her husband never existed.