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between me and Ethan; we just hadn’t seen each other for a while. A bit of awkwardness, that was all.
    “Later, Trude. Later.”
    “So how did my brother end up getting married in a place like this? Does all this belong to her family? Is that it?”
    One further element of embarrassment was that I’d never actually met Ethan’s fiancée, Eleanor.
    I didn’t know much about her at all. Very English , was how Ethan had described her on the phone, way back when they’d just started to realize they were getting serious. An English rose, Trudy. Can you believe that? Me, with my very own English rose?
    I thought he was a bit scared then, feeling out of his depth with this girl and her landed family and their English ways.
    “Family with money,” said Charlie. “It’s all about who you know. Connections.”
    That was when it happened. My Jane Austen moment. My cliché.
    My attention was snagged by movement in the chapel doorway and I turned, thinking Ethan must be emerging and now was the time for me to go and hug him and sweep away the distance that had grown between us.
    Instead, it was a guy I’d never seen before.
    He was in a tux, this newcomer. He was about six foot, and his shoulders were square, almost as if he was wearing a quarterback’s shoulder pads. He was either an athlete or he spent far too much time looking after himself in the gym.
    So: first impression was okay, but nothing to write home about.
    And then... that Jane Austen moment.
    He peered around, as if lost, and then his eyes fell upon me. It was almost as if he recognized me, as if he’d been waiting all his life for me... but then realized he was mistaken, he didn’t know me at all – exactly that kind of double take.
    He looked away, and then glanced back.
    His eyes were dark, but when they settled on you it was as if you’d been fixed by a hawk. A raptor, eyeing his prey.
    I shook myself, made myself look away. I couldn’t believe I was actually blushing.
    Eyes meeting across a crowded gathering.
    It was a cliché. I was flustered by my late arrival and by the tense undercurrents of the occasion.
    That’s all it was.
    Nothing more.
    And yes, perhaps I protest too much.
    (continues...)
     
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Black Widow
    Two years ago Eleanor Dryton lost her husband, her job and her friends.
She lost everything about her old life that ever mattered to her.
All she had left were her will and a burning desire for revenge.

Now, El has served her time for being an unknowing partner in her murdered husband's crimes. Her prison sentence has toughened her up and she's learned that she can be bad .

But when her search for revenge leads her to a man who takes bad to a completely different level just how far is she willing to go? If prison has hardened her, what effect will the man who killed her husband have? And does she even have any control over what happens next?

A dark and disturbing romantic thriller from the bestselling author of Winner Takes All and The Object Of His Desire .

--Author's Note--
This is a dark romance novel. It contains themes of violence and mature situations that could make readers uncomfortable.

Goodreads reviews:

"This story is dark and twisted. I liked it."

"My fave part is the ending. Not because the book was over, but because of the huge twist. I won't give it away, but BRAVA Ms. Adams."

"I had a hard time putting this one down..."

"Wow... Just wow! It was 'dark & twisty', kept me hooked and had plot twists that keep you guessing! Kudos to PJ Adams, I loved this book & would definitely recommend!"
     
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