Christina Mahony grew up in Cork, in Ireland,  in a house where silence was survival. She and her brother Simon endured years of abuse at the hands of their older brother John,  pain their mother refused to see, and their father ignored. Both tried to escape by studying and conforming. One night by the Royal Canal, everything changed. John disappeared, and Christina carried the burden of that secret into her future.

Two decades later,  a respected doctor, Christina has remade her life in New York’s Catskills. With her partner Claudine, her brother Simon, and Paul, the quiet, brilliant man who has become family, they build something extraordinary: a home, a refuge, and a chosen family that defies convention. In a world that still judges, they live openly as two couples bound by love and survival.

But the past does not stay buried. A detective’s call reopens John’s disappearance, and new forensic science threatens to expose everything. Together, the four must confront what was done to them as children, what they’ve done to endure, and how far they will go to protect one another.

Buried Among Us is a sweeping, deeply human story of secrets, lies, resilience, and the fierce power of chosen love in the face of trauma.