Three very different women. Only one thing in common. But when their family patriarch dies and they must share his estate, the truths they discover will test themand everything they think they know about each other. Beloved Georgia judge Joseph Donaldson was known for his unshakable fairness, his hard-won fortuneand a scandalous second marriage to his much-younger white secretary. Now he's left a will with a stunning provision. In order to collect their inheritance, his lawyer daughter Maya, her stepmother Jeanie, and Jeanies teen daughter, Ryder, must live together at the family lake house. Maya and Jeanie dont exactly get along, but they reluctantly agree to try an uneasy peace for as long as it takes . . . But fragile ex-beauty queen Jeanie doesnt know who she is beyond being a judges wifeand drinking away her insecurities has her in a dangerous downward spiral. Fed up with her mothers humiliating behavior, Ryder tries to become popular at school in all the wrong ways. And when Maya attempts to help, she puts her successful career and her shaky love life at risk. Now with trouble they didnt see comingand secrets they can no longer hidethese women must somehow find the courage to admit their mistakes, see each other for who they really areand slowly, perhaps even joyfully, discover everything they could be.