The Life She Wants
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- $119.00
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- $119.00
Descripción editorial
Emma Compton swore she hadn’t seen her husband’s suicide coming.
But, given the shocking revelations that followed Richard Compton’s death, no-one quite believed that Emma hadn’t known her marriage was based on lies.
Least of all, Emma herself.
Hounded by the press and public alike, Emma escapes to her home town, where she is forced to ask for help from the one person she’d hoped never to see again: her childhood friend, Riley.
Because if Emma ever hopes to get her life back, she must first confront the mistakes of her past.
The Life She Wants is a suspenseful and emotional rollercoaster of a read, perfect for fans of Amanda Prowse
About the author
Robyn Carr is a RITA® Award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than forty novels, including the critically acclaimed Virgin River series. Robyn and her husband live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Bestselling author Carr follows a woman who marries a multi-millionaire schemer (who commits suicide after being caught) and ends up as a nearly penniless widow. Emma Shay Compton is unsympathetic in the public eye though she did nothing wrong and was unaware of her husband's fraudulent practices and has to start her life all over again. She flees the east coast and returns to her childhood home of Sonoma County, where she confronts her past: Riley Kerrigan, the best friend who stole Emma's high school boyfriend, Jock, and got pregnant; and her difficult childhood with a typically evil stepmother who favored her own children over Emma. Emma ends up working for Riley, whose brother, Adam, intercedes on her behalf (he's had a crush on Emma for years) and Emma becomes part of Riley's professional cleaning service while developing a relationship with Adam. That she readily goes from living the luxurious life to cleaning toilets is a bit of a stretch, as is her involvement with one of the client's daughters, a huge infraction of Riley's professional rules. Too much melodrama, shallow character portrayals, and lifeless romantic scenes unfortunately undercut what could have been an insightful exploration of a woman's world turned upside down by circumstances beyond her control.
