What happens to a marriage when a spouse commits a crime? How does a family survive the trauma when the husband and children find out that a wife and mother are not perfect? What happens when a straight-as-an-arrow husband realizes his wife has broken the law and succumbed to sexual blackmail instead of coming to him for help? This is the story of one such event and the healing of the marriage afterward. The search for the truth and the 'bad guys' before the wife pays the ultimate price. We follow the wife's efforts to stay alive as her husband tries to come to grips with balancing his love for her and protecting their children. Reader Advisory: A Contemporary Suspense Romance containing graphically described sex between adults, including forced sex between ex-lovers, and relates the story of a wife looking for a way to hide her criminal and moral mistakes from her husband after twenty years of marriage. This book is for mature readers only. 45,000 words.