TUESDAY EXCERPTS: “THE PERFECT MARRIAGE”

Welcome to another Tuesday celebrating bookish events: First Chapter/Intros, now hosted by  Socrates Book Reviews; and Teaser Tuesdays hosted by The Purple Booker.

Today’s feature is a new freebie:  The Perfect Marriage, by Adam Mitzner

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Intro: 

Owen had always assumed that the first funeral he would attend would be his own.  Such a morbid thought would have been foreign to most teenagers, who invariably believed they were immortal.

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Teaser:

Chittick didn’t need to be asked twice and scurried away like a frightened bunny.  Once they were alone, Keener asked Haley, “Who else have you told?” (p. 60).

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Synopsis: James and Jessica Sommers are celebrating their first blissful year together, an unexpected second chance at true love. Unfortunately, their newfound shot at happiness is not without collateral damage.

There’s Jessica’s ex-husband. He pretends for all the world that he’s resilient and strong. If only for the sake of their teenage son, profoundly vulnerable in his own way. James’s ex has taken a different road. Bitter, vengeful, and threatening, she wants only the worst for the happy couple. And then there’s the couple themselves: Are they truly as in love as they seem?

When James enters into an extraordinarily profitable, if shady, transaction with a beautiful art dealer, Jessica and James’s seemingly perfect marriage takes a dark and tragic turn.

Amid suspicions, tested loyalties, revenge, and guilt, no one escapes unscathed from sins committed in the name of love.

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What do you think?  Would you keep reading?

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