After her husband, a high-profile defense attorney, leaves home to live with his new lover, Mattie Hart falls ill, a situation that prompts her guilt-ridden husband to return to care for her.
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Joy Fielding is the New York Times bestselling author of such novels as Don't Cry Now, Tell Me No Secrets, See Jane Run, and Good Intentions. She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach. Visit her Web site at www.JoyFielding.com.
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