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It starts with a simple favor - an ordinary kindness mothers do for one another. When her best friend, Emily, asks Stephanie to pick up her son, Nicky, after school, she happily says yes. Nicky and her son, Miles, are classmates and best friends, and the five-year-olds love being together - just like she and Emily. A widow and stay-at-home mommy blogger living in woodsy suburban Connecticut, Stephanie was lonely until she met Emily, a sophisticated PR executive whose job in Manhattan demands so much of her time. But Emily doesn't come back.

Charlotte has everything in life that she ever could have hoped for: a doting, artistic husband, a small-but-thriving flower shop, and her sweet, smart five-year-old daughter, Daisy. Her relationship with her mother might be strained, but the distance between them helps. And her younger brother Rocco may have horrible taste in women, but when he introduces his new girlfriend to Charlotte and her family, they are cautiously optimistic that she could be The One. Daisy seems to love Ruth, and she can’t be any worse than the klepto Rocco brought home the last time.

When Emma’s husband, Ben, falls in love with a large Victorian mansion for sale in Upstate New York, he swears to her the fixer-upper will be worth the risk. With a baby on the way, Emma would like to live in a charming, safe community, after all - and in a space larger than a one-bedroom New York City apartment. On impulse, she agrees to Ben’s plan and they put in an offer on the house. But when strange things start happening, Emma begins to experience a little buyer’s remorse.

Cuando su mejor amiga, Emily, le pide a Stephanie que recoja a su hijo Nicky después de la escuela, acepta sin siquiera dudarlo. Nicky y su hijo, Miles, son compañeros de clase y mejores amigos, y los niños de cinco años aman estar juntos, al igual que ella y Emily. Stephanie estaba sola hasta que conoció a Emily, una ejecutiva de relaciones públicas sofisticada cuyo trabajo en Manhattan exige mucho de su tiempo. Pero Emily no aparece. No contesta llamadas ni mensajes. Stephanie sabe que algo está terriblemente mal.

Emily hat alles, was man sich wünschen kann: einen glamourösen Job in New York, ein geschmackvolles Haus und einen attraktiven Mann. Und eine beste Freundin: Stephanie, die sie für all das bewundert. Als Emily Stephanie bittet, ihren Sohn Nick für sie von der Schule abzuholen, tut sie ihr diesen Gefallen gerne. Doch niemand kommt, um Nick wieder bei ihr abzuholen - und Stephanie ist außer sich vor Sorge. Aber je länger Emily verschwunden bleibt, desto mehr entdeckt Stephanie die Situation als Chance für sich.

Twenty years ago, gregarious Lorelei and mousy Holly became fast friends as students in the same college psychology seminar. Taught by an expert in control and human behavior, the two students also grew close to their charismatic professor. But in one twisted moment of gaslighting, their friendship flamed out and Lorelei’s once-promising future fell apart. Flash-forward, Holly has everything Lorelei ever wanted, while Lorelei is a lonely cat lady.