Conch Garden

Hazel Duval craves an ordinary life free of the pitying looks from those who know about her traumatic past. When she moves with her husband Oren to the ocean-side town of Conch Garden and secures her dream job playing violin with the local orchestra, she thinks she may have finally left her ugly history behind. Then she meets Claire — beautiful, brilliant, and wild. Claire listens to Hazel's most painful secrets without judgment, and it isn't long before Hazel finds herself thinking about her in ways she never has about another woman. But Hazel is married. And so is Claire. When the two women fly off to Italy for a music festival — sharing an apartment, alone — their deepening friendship forces Hazel to confront what she truly wants, and whether pursuing it will save her or destroy the life she has worked so hard to build.

Three years since Claire Pyles lost her baby to stillbirth. Three years since her picture-perfect husband committed an act she can't forget, much less forgive. She has every reason to be happy — a dream job as principal cellist, a beautiful home, meaningful volunteer work — and yet peace remains out of reach. A welcome distraction arrives in Hazel Duval, a shy violinist prone to panic attacks. When the two travel to Italy for a music festival, Hazel's panic intensifies and Claire's attempts to help seem only to make things worse. Then Hazel does something unexpected — and what follows forces Claire to confront truths about herself she has long avoided. Told from Claire's perspective, Objects in Motion reveals the other side of the story first seen in Beyond the Break.