Escape from Innocence - Couverture rigide

Curtis, Mary Haskell

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0595675093 ISBN 13 : 9780595675098

Editeur : iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

Alex sat, his back rigid, his mind frozen. He had dealt with many contemptible people, but Hardy exceeded the boundaries of villainy. How could he do this to Ellie? Gentle Ellie, whose only sin was to need tenderness, to make Alex a present of her unopened gift of passion, a gift Hardy had refused. His heart ached for her. How in the name of anything human could a husband betray no sign of altered emotion for six long months while harboring this swinish 'show and tell" trash? He wanted to strangle the man, to force the color of suffering into that flat-white, lifeless face. He realized he'd already refilled his glass with port. His head was humming. His gaze moved from the decanter to the man behind the gun. Al1 that wine, and now the port. Had Hardy actually drunk any? What were his intentions? Certainly he would know the perfect potion for a slow death. And the gun.was it to keep them imprisoned at the table until the poison infiltrated their veins? Or did he intend to poison and shoot them, a Rasputinish overkill? He, who had been accused of the ability to read minds at countless negotiating confrontations, hadn't even a good guess.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ellie Homans, artist and wife of a prominent surgeon, lives in sumptuous luxury in a Boston suburb. Senator Alexander Lindsay, of Bostonian aristocracy, is vital, handsome, and politically powerful. But privilege has shielded neither from loveless marriages. Together they find a passionate commitment that submerges their mutual devotion to fidelity and personal integrity.The discovery of their affair leads Ellie's husband to devise a life-threatening method to imprison his wife in her unwanted marriage. He unwittingly passes his vendetta to his daughter, whose fury brings mother and daughter to the brink of disaster. Ellie's escape from innocence to costly awareness leads her to the realization that love, no matter how mature, can have a dreadful price.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mary Haskell Curtis has published sixteen romance novels and wrote the book and lyrics for two musical comedies produced in regional theater. An actress, singer, director, and mother of three daughters, Curtis divides her time between Massachusetts and California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0595675093
• ISBN 13: 9780595675098
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible