Jeremy then attacks Verity, and Lowen at first tells him to stop, but then she advises him to make it look like an accident. Jeremy confronts Verity who finally admits to faking it. However, when Lowen thinks she sees Verity move, she tells Jeremy in order to protect him and Crew. By now, she and Jeremy are sleeping together, and discussing a possible future together. Lowen is initially unsure whether to tell Jeremy about the manuscript, knowing it will only hurt him more. She purposely took Crew and Harper out on a canoe, caused it to capsize and then only saved Crew. Verity then admits to murdering Harper six months later.

Chastin and Harper had been at a sleepover together when it happened. When Chastin is 8, she ends up dead from her peanut allergy. Verity also admits to loving one of her daughters ( Chastin) more than the other ( Harper), and she has a dream that Harper will someday kill Chastin. In the manuscript, Verity describes resenting her daughters because Jeremy loves them more than her. In Verity's office, Lowen also discovers an autobiographical manuscript that Verity wrote that reveals Verity's dark nature. Lowen starts to read Verity's book series called The Noble Virtues, which are all written from an antagonist's point of view. Strange occurrences also make Lowen suspect that Verity is faking her medical condition. Lowen quickly finds herself attracted to and falling for Jeremy. Verity's husband, Jeremy, and young son Crew also live there.

Lowen moves into the Crawford house to go over Verity's notes, where Verity is being cared for by her nurse, April. The accident happened soon after the deaths of Verity's two twin daughters. The original author, Verity Crawford, was in an accident a short while ago and is now alive, but unresponsive. Lowen Ashleigh is offered a job completing the last three novels of a popular book series.

Verity by Colleen Hoover