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    Bonds of Matrimony
    Bonds of Matrimony
    Bonds of Matrimony
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    Bonds of Matrimony

    By Lena Austin

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    Would you give up everything -- money, power, and even your old life -- to save your marriage?

    Realizing her obsession with her job is destroying her marriage -- and her life -- Million Dollar Millicent, real estate entrepreneur and all around bitch, books a fantasy vacation for herself and her husband Alex on a tropical playground planet. It's a place where your deepest desires come true -- even if you're not sure what they are.

    Alex has had enough of living with a hellcat who jumps at the sound of a ringing com unit. They've become a dysfunctional pair bond, and he'd give anything to have things the way they were when they were just poor students with no prospects. Worse, if Millicent knew his true fantasies, she'd be running, rather than trying to mend the breach between them.

    But Millicent has some hidden fantasies of her own -- and she and Alex aren't as mismatched as they think.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChangeling Press
    Release dateMay 2, 2020
    ISBN9780206600648
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