When Sadie Roper moves back to London, she's determined to pick up the pieces of her shattered life by getting her daughter into an exclusive school, and then restarting her law career. Nothing goes quite as planned until Liza, queen of the school moms, befriends Sadie, and invites her into the inner circle. Soon Sadie and her family start to thrive, but does this close new friendship prevent her from seeing the truth? Sadie may be keeping her friends close, but what she doesn't know is that her enemies are closer still.

Sadie Roper returns to London to rebuild her shattered life, but as she navigates the politics at her daughter's exclusive school and resumes her criminal barrister career with a high-profile case, she attracts the attention of unknown enemies. Sadie Roper moved back to London determined to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. She needs to get her daughter settled into a most exclusive school in the city. She's going to get back the high-flying criminal barrister career she sacrificed for marriage ten years earlier. But Sadie finds herself on the outside as she navigates the fraught politics of the school gate. A scandalous, high-profile case is the perfect opportunity to prove herself again, even though a dangerous flirtation threatens to cloud her professional judgment. And Liza, queen of the school moms, draws Sadie, into a friendship which may prevent her from seeing the truth about her life. -- adapted from jacket