The Choice I Made: An utterly compelling and emotional page-turner about finding your true home

When Julie's mother falls ill, Julie returns to her parents' Wisconsin resort, Wood Violet, for the summer. She hopes the time away from city life will help her and her husband Tristan recover from the emotional toll of a recent miscarriage. Surrounded by nature and old friends, Julie begins to feel a sense of calm she thought she had lost. This peace is disrupted when she discovers an eighteen-year-old girl, Margaret, hiding in an abandoned cabin. Julie wants to help, but when she finds letters in Margaret's backpack, she realizes the girl is not being truthful about her reasons for being there. If Margaret finds what she is searching for, it could expose a long-buried family secret that threatens to damage Julie's family's reputation and upend all their lives. The novel explores themes of love, betrayal, and finding one's true home.