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The Wife They Burned

A serialized novel · 32 chapters published · 3 free to read

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At her five-year-old's burial, Ada tells the funeral director her daughter has no father, while her husband sits a quarter mile away comforting his childhood sweetheart. Then a fire investigator tells her the fire that killed her girl was meant for her.

Tropes & themes: contemporary · female lead · dark · revenge · romance · public-scandal · mystery · in-law conflict · found family · billionaire · betrayal · divorce & regret · modern city · steamy

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: No Father (free)
  2. Chapter 2: Two A.M. (free)
  3. Chapter 3: Friday (free)
  4. Chapter 4: Thirty Days (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: Sarge (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: Mudroom (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: Assault (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: Donations (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: The Deed (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: Gate Log (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: Divorce (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: Thanksgiving (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: The Grave (free with an account)
  14. Chapter 14: The Nanny (free with an account)
  15. Chapter 15: First Night (free with an account)
  16. Chapter 16: Porch (free with an account)
  17. Chapter 17: Christmas (locked)
  18. Chapter 18: Smoke (locked)
  19. Chapter 19: Lantern House Burns (locked)
  20. Chapter 20: Statement (locked)
  21. Chapter 21: Memorial (locked)
  22. Chapter 22: Mother (locked)
  23. Chapter 23: Testimony (locked)
  24. Chapter 24: Second Night (locked)
  25. Chapter 25: Marshal (locked)
  26. Chapter 26: Gala (locked)
  27. Chapter 27: Six Hundred Guests (locked)
  28. Chapter 28: Marshall (locked)
  29. Chapter 29: Trial (locked)
  30. Chapter 30: Third Night (locked)
  31. Chapter 31: Junie's House (locked)
  32. Chapter 32: October (locked)

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