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Ben's Wife
First published 1997 · 256 pages
A tense blend of vengeance and romance where hidden identities and midnight meetings ignite a dangerous attraction.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a shadowy, high-stakes game of trust and deception. The narrative moves at a brisk, suspenseful pace, driven by the dual engines of a murder investigation and a simmering, complicated romance. It wraps the reader in a clandestine mood, full of midnight meetings, heavy bandages, and disguised voices that heighten the emotional tension. The story leans deeply into the delicious melodrama of a marriage of convenience complicated by a mysterious, alluring protector. It is an atmospheric experience built on suspicion and sensory details, perfect for readers who love classic romantic thrillers where grief and vengeance slowly give way to undeniable, dangerous attraction.
- Mood
- shadowy
- tense
- mysterious
- clandestine
- Tone
- dramatic
- suspenseful
- earnest
- secretive
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- marriage of convenience · hidden identities · grief and vengeance · trust and deception · romantic suspense
- The writing
- Melodramatic and atmospheric, leaning heavily into the tropes of romantic suspense with a focus on hidden faces and secret meetings.
- The arc
- Begins in vulnerable grief and a desperate need for protection, shifting into a tense dance of suspicion and undeniable attraction.
- Who it's for
- Fans of classic romantic suspense who devour stories of secret identities, marriages of convenience, and midnight rendezvous.
Content notes
- death of a parent
- fire and burn injuries
- murder
About the book
HER HUSBAND After a suspicious fire claimed the life of her father and nearly that of rescuer Ben Wells, Morgan Winters engaged in a marriage of convenience with Ben for protection--and vengeance. Swathed in bandages and wheelchair-bound, Ben enlisted a trusted investigator to expose a murder plot and to watch over his in-name-only wife.
HER BODYGUARD "Josh" insisted on midnight meetings, disguises, anonymity. His evasiveness concealed his identity as surely as Ben's bandages covered his wounded face and body. But to prove the murderer's guilt, she had to believe in her husband's confidant--a mystery man who stirred Morgan's suspicions as well as her senses.
Description from Open Library.
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