Bound in Botany (Root & Vein Trilogy #2)

Grief makes people accept stories that are easier than the truth.

Tragedy hits Monica like a freight train of emotion. She isn’t like everyone else accepting a truth that isn’t hers. She vows to settle the score.

As Monica begins to untangle the lies surrounding the woman everyone else pities, she is drawn into a psychological chess game with two women who understand control better than anyone: Emily Black—a widow with a perfect smile, a spotless home, and far too many poisonous plants growing in plain sight who performs grief like a role. And Volkova, a mysterious neighbor who teaches Monica how to sharpen her instincts and starve her doubt

But the closer Monica gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes to want it.