Love, Honor, Betray

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<b>Award-winning<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author Mary Monroe delivers the latest thrillingly scandal-filled novel in her Depression-era saga of a church-going lady and her oh-so-upstanding husband racing to cover up their many sinsand gambling on one scheme too many . . .</b><br><br> With mysterious serial murders putting peaceful Lexington, Alabama, on edge, Jessie and Hubert Wiggins steadfast calm and devotion to each other reassures everyone that faith will see them through. But Jessie and Hubert have paid a terrible hidden cost to maintain their devout facade and respectable standing. Nothing can allay the guilt they feelor stop the growing distrust between them . . .<br> <br> Hubert thought he and his secret lover, Leroy, could continue seeing each other on the down-low in peace. But when Leroys ex-wife moves back in with him, a heartbroken Hubert is driven to distraction trying to keep Jessie in the darkand quell his mounting jealousy. And his need for satisfaction is driving Hubert to reckless extremesand desperate risks . . .<br> <br> Jessie believes the struggles between her and Hubert will all be worth it if she can connive him to finally<i></i>consummate their marriageno matter what she has to do. But his erratic behavior and her frustration soon has her trying yet another new lover, who is as charming as he is unreliableand unexpectedly dangerous . . .<br> <br> Now with their secrets out of controland the police perilously nearJessie and Hubert discover who might be behind the deaths plaguing their town. But can they risk a pursuit that could expose their own web of lies? When their only choice pits them and their suspicions against each other, their next move will either bury their deceptions deep for goodor reveal the one truth they cant escape . . .<br><br><b>Mary Monroe</b> is the award-winning and<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of 25 novels and six novellas. She is a three-time AALBC bestseller and winner of the AAMBC Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award, the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award, and the J. California Cooper Memorial Award. The daughter of Alabama sharecroppers, she taught herself how to write before going on to become the first and only member of her family to finish high school. She lives in Oakland, California, and loves to hear from her readers via e-mail at Authorauthor5409@aol.com. Visit Marys website at Marymonroe.org.<br><br> 

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