A Dangerous Marriage - Paperback

by William W. Blunt (Author)

In A Dangerous Marriage, Julia Davenport's social life has drifted into a backwater. Then she meets Peter Medea at a business reception in New York City. She is drawn by his aura of power and erotic magnetism and is lured into a hasty marriage. By indulging her compelling emotional and physical needs she finds immediate gratification, but at a devastating cost. Her romantic adventure turns out to be fraught with conflict and betrayal. And she becomes unwittingly involved in her husband's shady business transactions, forcing her into unwanted intimacy with the sinister man who masterminds these schemes. She finds support in friendships with a victim of his fraudulent machinations, and others. She is nurtured and encouraged by a man who emerges from her past. But Julia alone must overcome the threats to her self-esteem, happiness, and well-being, which are the destructive consequences of her earlier surrender to passion. Readers say this about A Dangerous Marriage - Wow, what a page turner! Compelling and sexy, with the added intrigue of the nasty part of the financial world. Great story. --Constance Fulenwider A Dangerous Marriage is extremely well written. The characterization is great - the reader comes to know the characters really well. I didn't want it to end. --Natalie Lee I loved A Dangerous Marriage. I really was glued to the plot and felt totally involved with the characters. It is written with great sensitivity and the story line moves along compellingly. This is a terrific novel! --Judy Bross In A Dangerous Marriage, twenty-six-year-old Julia Davenport's social life has drifted into a backwater. Then she meets Peter Medea at a business reception in New York City that she's attending as a favor for a friend. She is drawn by Peter Medea's aura of power, apparent financial success, and erotic magnetism and is lured into a hasty marriage. By indulging her compelling emotional and physical needs she finds immediate gratification, but at a devastating cost. Her romantic adventure turns out to be fraught with conflict and betrayal. And she becomes unwittingly involved in her husband's shady business transactions, forcing her into unwanted intimacy with Marco "Denny" DiNiro, the sinister man who masterminds these schemes. She finds support in friendships with a victim of DiNiro's fraudulent machinations, and others. She is nurtured and encouraged by Danny Johnson, who has emerged from her past. But it is Julia alone who must overcome the threats to her self-esteem, happiness, and well-being, which are the destructive consequences of her earlier surrender to passion.