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    A Dangerous Marriage
    A Dangerous Marriage
    A Dangerous Marriage
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    A Dangerous Marriage

    By William W. Blunt

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    In A Dangerous Marriage, Julia Davenports social life has drifted into a backwater. Then she meets Peter Medea at a business reception in New York City. She is drawn by his aura of power and erotic magnetism and is lured into a hasty marriage. By indulging her compelling emotional and physical needs she finds immediate gratification, but at a devastating cost. Her romantic adventure turns out to be fraught with conflict and betrayal. And she becomes unwittingly involved in her husbands shady business transactions, forcing her into unwanted intimacy with the sinister man who masterminds these schemes. She finds support in friendships with a victim of his fraudulent machinations, and others. She is nurtured and encouraged by a man who emerges from her past. But Julia alone must overcome the threats to her self-esteem, happiness, and well-being, which are the destructive consequences of her earlier surrender to passion.

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    Wow, what a page turner! Compelling and sexy, with the added intrigue of the nasty part of the financial world. Great story. Constance Fulenwider

    A Dangerous Marriage is extremely well written. The characterization is great the reader comes toknow the characters really well. I didnt want it to end. Natalie Lee

    I loved A Dangerous Marriage. I really was glued to the plot and felt totally involved with the characters. It is written with great sensitivity and the story line moves along compellingly. This is a terrific novel! Judy Bross

    In A Dangerous Marriage, twenty-six-year-old Julia Davenports social life has drifted into a backwater. Then she meets Peter Medea at a business reception in New York City that shes attending as a favor for a friend.

    She is drawn by Peter Medeas aura of power, apparent financial success, and erotic magnetism and is lured into a hasty marriage. By indulging her compelling emotional and physical needs she finds immediate gratification, but at a devastating cost. Her romantic adventure turns out to be fraught with conflict and betrayal. And she becomes unwittingly involved in her husbands shady business transactions, forcing her into unwanted intimacy with Marco Denny DiNiro, the sinister man who masterminds these schemes. She finds support in friendships with a victim of DiNiros fraudulent machinations, and others. She is nurtured and encouraged by Danny Johnson, who has emerged from her past. But it is Julia alone who must overcome the threats to her self-esteem, happiness, and well-being, which are the destructive consequences of her earlier surrender to passion.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateAug 20, 2012
    ISBN9781475905397
    A Dangerous Marriage
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    William W. Blunt

    William W. Blunt graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. He interrupted his corporate legal practice in New York City to serve in Washington, D.C., as Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Today he lives with his wife, Balirm in Irving, Texas. This is his first novel.

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