Published in January 2025, this standalone thriller follows Tegan Werner, a 23-year-old pregnant woman working double shifts at a Maine grocery store while estranged from the wealthy father of her child, Simon Lamar, who drugged and assaulted her and later tries to buy her silence with an NDA. Eight months pregnant and desperate to reach her brother Dennis during a blizzard, Tegan crashes her car and is rescued by a couple, Hank and Polly, who take her to their isolated cabin to wait out the storm. What initially seems like good fortune curdles into suspicion as Tegan realizes she may not be free to leave — Polly, whose backstory involves infertility, professional disgrace, and profound grief, has become dangerously fixated on Tegan's unborn child. Meanwhile, a parallel thread reveals that Simon and Dennis — Tegan's own brother — have conspired against her, with Dennis's business relationship with Simon giving him a financial incentive to keep Tegan quiet, up to and including a second attempt on her life after she survives the crash. The novel juggles multiple antagonists and motivations (financial, romantic, psychological) converging on one vulnerable protagonist, and closes with Tegan safely raising her daughter a year later, protected by a found-family network including Hank, Polly (now in psychiatric care), and a new romantic interest. Reader response has been notably divided: many found it a tense, fast-moving read, while a vocal segment of McFadden's own fanbase considered it one of her weaker, more predictable outings, with less surprising twists than her earlier work.