"This novel is about a twenty-something young woman (Sam) who goes off to
college and marries the man of her dreams, only to fi nd out later that he is
an internati onal hit man. She is initi ally outraged by his clandesti ne
profession, but ulti mately becomes trapped in the marriage by love for him and her
own sincere belief that she can eventually change him.
Aft er graduati ng from college, her husband is mysteriously killed, and his family
seems to blame her. A month later her parents are killed in an auto accident that
she believes was perpetrated by her husband’s family. She is forced to leave her
hometown for fear she may be next. Sam takes refuge in Crown City where she
can hide while formulati ng a plan for self-defense. In Crown City she att empts to
reconfi gure her life, but encounters multi ple threatening situati ons, unlikely in such
a peaceful city.
Her constant fear that her husband’s family will discover her whereabouts fi nally
occurs, only to present our imperfect heroine the means out of her precarious
existence. Overcoming obstacles thrust upon her, stresses her to the breaking point,
but ulti mately her strength and cunning enable her to win freedom from fear and a
chance for a normal life.
You will find Sam to be an interesti ng and resourceful young woman. Travel with her
as she immerses herself in the fabric of Crown City, and share vicariously her struggles
to overcome the treacherous events that follow her husband’s death. Her story is a
gripping personal evoluti on fi lled with love, violence, forgiveness, confession, death,
and life-changing philosophical deliberati ons. Does her emoti onally and physically
perilous journey lead to a fi tti ng resoluti on of her dilemma? You be the judge."
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