{"product_id":"when-she-was-ours-paperback","title":"When She Was Ours - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVivian C. Kessler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe promised to protect them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe truth had other plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalena Trivett has one night left before her daughter's wedding to decide what to do with the diagnosis in her pocket-and the secret she just found locked in her lawyer's filing cabinet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the daughter dancing barefoot on the dock isn't who she thinks she is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalena makes a pact with an old family friend to keep the truth buried, certain she'll have time to unravel it properly, quietly, on her own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy dawn, a car crash has nearly taken the very daughter she was trying to protect-and the secret she meant to control starts surfacing anyway, one locked door at a time. A birth record that shouldn't exist. A trust fund no one can explain. A fire, six decades old, that was never really an accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery generation of this family has buried something to protect the next one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the daughters left behind must decide whether the truth is worth what it costs to finally say it out loud-even when it means losing the family they thought they knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome inheritances aren't written in a will. Some are written in silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd silence, it turns out, always comes due.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor's Note: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping multi-generational domestic thriller about family secrets, inheritance, and the lies we tell to protect the people we love. For fans of atmospheric suspense with emotional depth. Full resolution guaranteed-but not every truth comes free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51171479847051,"sku":"9798256298661","price":32.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/Cxqvt4hvuz9798256298661.webp?v=1794415870","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/when-she-was-ours-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}