Claire Hunter, an almost famous painter, is engaged to handsome, wealthy Max Compton. Their upcoming destination wedding in Italy is the talk of the town. People would kill for an invite. But someone has it in for Claire. She’s been receiving disturbing text messages with dire warnings—Max is not who you think he is. Claire ignores these warnings as someone jealous and out to ruin their wedding. But something about her beloved does bother her—why won’t Max talk about his dead wife? Max and Claire’s wedding will take place on Isle Isola, the remote Italian island the Comptons have vacationed on for generations. When they arrive on the island, they are greeted with a terrible finding, the skeletal remains of a former island resident, missing for many years. Max’s warm, loving parents, Anna and Brice Compton, step in to help Claire feel more at ease and when her bridesmaids and family arrive, she is further comforted. But the