by Sandra Brown
First published 2013
Maris Matherly-Reed works as an editor at a New York publishing house when a manuscript arrives that captivates her. The story tells of two friends whose jealousy spirals into murder. She travels to meet the author and finds a man bound to a wheelchair who guards his secrets fiercely. Despite his physical limitations, he draws Maris into his world with magnetic intensity. Back home, Maris discovers her husband has betrayed their marriage with another woman. She turns increasingly toward the enigmatic writer, but his novel mirrors his own dark past in ways she doesn't yet understand. The author has orchestrated their meeting for reasons that reach far beyond getting his book published. As Maris becomes more entangled with him, she realizes his true agenda threatens everything she thought she knew about trust, revenge, and the dangerous power of obsession.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York
Period: 21st-century
577 pages · Kindle Edition · Grand Central Publishing