The Names She Gave Away

Her mother gave women new names. Now one of them is missing-with her nine-year-old daughter.Less than an hour after Eleanor Vale's funeral, forensic genealogist Mara Vale finds a stranger waiting at the family guesthouse. Daniel Cross claims his missing wife, Leah, and their daughter, Sophie, stayed there before disappearing. He has one piece of proof: an old guest record in Eleanor's handwriting, with the line for their new name left blank.Inside the locked house, Mara discovers a hidden ledger connecting Eleanor to a secret network that helped women and children vanish from dangerous homes. But the records also expose a more personal deception: Mara's own identity began with one of Eleanor's rewritten histories.As the search for Sophie narrows, every adult offers a different version of protection-and every version demands that the child pay the price.The Names She Gave Away is a tense psychological thriller about family secrets, contested truths, and the irreversible choices people make in the name of keeping someone safe.