Publication date: February 5th 2026
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
A rockstar at the height of his fame.
A wife on the edge.
A secret that can’t stay hidden.
And a single night that will change everything.
In the spring of 1997, Zane McCreight and his wife, Sienna, appear to have it all—sold-out stadiums, magazine covers, and the perfect family. But behind the image, their marriage is fracturing, and a scandal is quietly spiraling out of control.
As Zane’s band prepares for a massive tribute concert in the desert—under the eerie glow of the Hale-Bopp comet—tensions rise. Lies are told. Loyalties are tested. And two women find themselves trapped between ambition, betrayal, and the impossible weight of motherhood.
Then, on the night of the show—while the world is watching the stage—the youngest two McCreight children vanish.
Emotionally complex and deeply character-driven, Until the Truth Comes Out is a gripping tale of fame, marriage, the devastating cost of keeping secrets—and the strength of the women left to carry it all.
Excerpt
Sienna sat in the driver’s seat of her Range Rover mindlessly eating a Double Whopper. She knew she’d feel sick by the time she polished off her meal, but she couldn’t seem to stop. She never ate this late, and she certainly never ate Burger King at this hour, but she did eat there once a month—usually right before she got her period. It was a secret ritual of hers. Something she started after she’d come out to the world as a vegetarian. Huge mistake. To announce something like that before a proper test drive. She had given an interview to US Weekly magazine shortly after they adopted Billie. “Welcoming this sweetheart into our home has made me think about all the animals in the world who need love. Zane won’t let me adopt them all, so I’ve decided to stop eating meat forever.”
Idiot.
Being vegetarian was impossible for someone raised on grade-A Montana beef. Sienna longed for a medium-rare steak piled with fried mushrooms or ribs smothered in sauce all summer during barbecue season, and Thanksgiving would never be the same without the turkey. But it wasn’t only that. She hated how she felt like her head was fuzzy all the time, like her brain was in dire need of something you can only get from a juicy piece of meat. So every four weeks, she’d don a pair of sunglasses and a baseball cap, then drive to Reseda, where she would order the same thing—a Double Whopper with cheese, fries, and a chocolate shake. She would park in the back corner of the parking lot, eat the entire thing, then quickly step outside to deposit all the evidence into the trash bin. After that, she’d drive home with the windows rolled down to get rid of the smell. Then she pulled into their driveway, back to her life of being a sanctimonious vegetarian, setting a ‘good example’ for the world.
She’d gone on her Burger King run three days earlier, but tonight she let herself do it again. She was starving, having not eaten since seven that morning, when she’d had a Slim-Fast strawberry shake and half a grapefruit. The rest of the day had gone by without a single thought of food.
Her sole focus was on how her life would forever be divided into two parts. Before Zane told her and after. And here she had believed everything was getting better between them. She’d just been saying to her best friend, Kylie, the week before, “Zane is a changed man. I don’t know what happened. Maybe it’s a midlife crisis or something, but he’s different now. He’s the husband I always knew he could be.”
Kylie had given her a skeptical look, and Sienna could tell her friend thought she should probe a little to find out what had brought on such a change. But Sienna didn’t want to know. She would do what she had always done with her husband. She’d take him as he was, because that was what marriage was all about. Unconditional love. Accepting your partner for who they were, not who you wanted them to be.
But this? This was too much. He’d fathered a child with someone Sienna had thought was a friend. Well, maybe not a friend, but an ally, anyway. Claudia was someone she’d invited into their home on numerous occasions. A confidant who knew how hard it was to have her husband leave so often. How lonely it could be. How much the kids missed their dad and how exhausting it was to fill in for him. And Claudia had been so sympathetic, so sweet that Sienna was certain she had Sienna’s back when they were out on the road.
Only that wasn’t the case, was it?
When was the last time she saw Claudia? Was she already pregnant? Had the affair started? She couldn’t piece it together right now. Her brain was too exhausted. She needed to eat. Then it would come to her.
Her cell phone rang, but she ignored it. A few seconds later, it beeped to let her know she had a message. She flipped it open and listened to her sorry-sounding husband as his voice cracked and wobbled. Babe, I got the kids to bed. Well, Ivy might be up. I’m not sure. But she’s in her room, anyway. I want to see if you’re okay. I mean … I know you’re not, but I want to make sure you’re safe. Oh, God, I love you so much. Come home so I can make you a grilled cheese and we can talk. Or you can slap me until you don’t hate me anymore. I’ll do anything to make this right.
She snorted. Make this right.
“Not possible, jackass,” she muttered with her mouth full.
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