<p><strong><em>"Is it better to live a life of happy lies or bring all the secrets to life,"</em></strong> wonders seventeen-year-old Josephine Hutchings as she writes in her journal<em>.&nbsp;</em>In 1824, she's the "belle" of Bermuda's society.&nbsp;She's young, beautiful, and engaged to be married. Until she meets Thomas Driver, the visiting British artist, and her innocent world of ballgowns and tea parties is irrevocably turned upside down.</p><p><br></p><p>Decades later, in 1994, Josie Amelia Baker returns home to scatter her grandmother's ashes. Having missed the funeral, she hopes to make it a quick visit but finds a box containing journals written by her great-great-grandmother, Josephine Hutchings. Inside the first journal is a cryptic note from Josie's grandmother asking her to&nbsp;"make amends."&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Reading the journals changes Josie's perspective. Josephine Hutching's words reveal a far from perfect family, a family with secrets. Hiding secrets of her own, Josie immerses herself in her great-great-grandmother's 1824 world of soirees and gossip, until a personal tragedy forces her to set the journals aside and focus on issues she's been avoiding.</p><p><br></p><p>Set against the backdrop of Bermuda, Sarys is a novel of love, lies, murder and a 170-year-old family secret<em>.&nbsp;</em>The dual narrative of Josie Amelia Baker in 1994 is intertwined with the words written in her great-great-grandmother's 1824 journals. While Josephine Hutchings' life in 1824 is unraveling, Josie Amelia Baker in 1994, is forced to confront unexpected truths - about herself, her family, and the heritage she thought she knew.</p>