(A
Good Wife, #1)
Publication
date: September 19th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, New
Adult, Romance
Synopsis
How
far would you go to set yourself free?
Drake
Blackwell is successful, controlling, and hiding a violent family past. He just
made his latest investment: Noriko.
Imported
from Japan and wed to a stranger, Noriko struggles to stick to the rules of a
Good Wife. Drake can’t seem to love her, not the way she wants to be loved. She
dreams of freedom beyond the gates of Blackwell Manor.
She
meets Keir, a passionate young gardener who shares her desire to break free. He
gets under her skin and ignites a fire in her she can’t ignore. In the midst of
her quiet desperation she thinks she has found happiness. And a glimpse of
hope.
But
this affair can’t last…can it?
There
is a darkness lingering, but not how you’d expect. There are monsters, but not
as you usually know them. The truth is, in this story, no one is completely
innocent. And it’s always darkest before the dawn.
Although
part of a series, this is a standalone novel with no cliffhanger.
WARNING: For ages 18+. There are scenes in
this novel that infer or allude to physical violence.
Excerpt
I
grabbed his hands in both of mine. “I don’t care if your hands are dirty,” I
said fiercely. “They are the most beautiful hands I’ve ever seen.”
“Beautiful?”
he scoffed. “They are calloused and scratched and−”
“Strong
and hard-working yet deliberate and tender. I’ve seen the way you care for your
plants. You touch them like…” Like I want you to touch me… “Like they’re
precious, delicate pieces of clay, unformed at first but so full of potential.
With your hands you coax them and refine them into their greatest beauty like
an artist.” These words rushed out of me before I could stop them.
He
stared at me, his mouth slightly parted; the only sound coming from him was his
breath drawing in and out of his lungs.
“What?
No veiled insult, no smirk or scowl for me?” I said. I was trying to pick a
fight. I was suddenly terrified of the cloak that seemed to have fallen around
us both, shielding us from the world and pulling our bodies, our eyes, lips,
everything, closer together.
He
looked down at our hands, still joined, our fingers laced. I hadn’t pulled them
away. He wouldn’t be deterred by my cheap tricks.
He
looked back up to me and I was caught in the pull of his gaze again. “Noriko,
if I ever say anything to try to repulse you it’s only because…I’m scared of
you.”
“Scared
of me?”
“Yes.”
His eyes burned into mine, begging me to understand. “Scared of how you make me
feel things that I know I shouldn’t feel.” His eyes flicked down to my lips.
Suddenly my mouth felt full of cotton. He leaned into me until his mouth
hovered inches from mine. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t move. “And you make me
want to do…” his words came out in a hush, “things I shouldn’t do.”
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AUTHOR BIO
Hanna
is the bestselling author of the Bound romantic suspense series and the
Dark Angel fantasy series. Although she writes in more than one genre she
can't write a book without weaving together a complicated plot and
filling it with twists. She writes what she believes: good people can do
bad things, ordinary people can do great things and choose love above
everything.
Eternally
restless, Hanna has lived in Indonesia, Australia, Germany, Scotland,
England, Croatia and Ireland - everything she owns fits into one suitcase.
She's planning her next move with her gorgeous (and understanding)
partner right now. If not writing, she can be found wandering a dusty
market in Marrakesh or trekking a mountain in Peru, often using her
travels as settings in her novels.
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