The best of friends... 

Since they were five years old, Jasmine Cox Larson Bush and Kyla Blake had a bond that could not be broken. They shared secrets, marked milestones, and held each other up through life's adversities. It was a friendship they both thought would last forever. But when Jasmine's jealousy led her to seduce Kyla's husband, Dr. Jefferson Blake, that bond was severed, and their friendship was damaged forever.... 

The worst of times...

Now, 20 years later, a major tragedy brings the two together when Jefferson, in New York for a medical convention, is shot in an attempted robbery. It's the love Jasmine once had for Kyla that sends her rushing to the hospital to be by her friend's side. Kyla, despondent and distraught, just wants answers...and when a mysterious woman appears, it's Jasmine who believes that woman may hold the key to what happened to Jefferson. While Kyla doesn't believe this woman has any meaning, Jasmine is not so sure. 

Will Jasmine uncover a secret that Jefferson is hiding? And when she does find out the truth, what will she do with it? Will she destroy Kyla's life, or will she do anything to protect her friend from the same devastation she caused her 20 years earlier? 

In a riveting 20-year anniversary sequel to the best-selling Temptation, Victoria Christopher Murray weaves a tale of what happens once friendships are bonded and then broken and all the consequences of the aftermath.