{"product_id":"a-certain-kind-of-sin-margot-barnes-9798182803069","title":"A Certain Kind of Sin","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe tried to kill her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem is... someone else got there first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 8:43 on a Thursday night, Amber Vale pours her husband a glass of bourbon and adds the fine white powder she believes will kill him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has spent weeks planning this moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTodd has been cheating on her. Their marriage has become a battlefield of betrayal, resentment, and secrets, and Amber has finally decided how it will end. She watches him drink, knowing exactly what she has done and expecting the consequences to come within minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept they don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTodd finishes the bourbon. He argues with her. Then he walks out the door alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHours later, he's dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the police, the case is almost too easy. Amber had motive. She had researched how to kill him. She admits preparing his final drink. And when toxicology confirms that Todd died from poisoning, the conclusion seems unavoidable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmber Vale murdered her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven Amber believes she's guilty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConvicted and sent to Blackridge Women's Correctional Facility, the former adult-film star becomes exactly what the public already wanted her to be: a scandal, a spectacle, and a killer. Her past makes irresistible headlines, while the truth of what happened inside her marriage disappears beneath everything people think they know about her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmber stops trying to convince anyone she is innocent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter all, how can she?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe intended to kill Todd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Blackridge warden John Mercer sees something in Amber's case that no one else seems willing to examine: the timing doesn't make sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTodd didn't collapse in the kitchen. He didn't become sick in front of Amber. He walked away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd as questions begin to surface about Todd's final hours, an even more disturbing possibility emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if Amber's attempt to murder her husband failed?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the substance she put in his drink wasn't what she thought it was?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if Amber didn't actually kill Todd...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho did?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs her attorney begins pulling at threads buried beneath the original investigation, Amber is forced to confront a truth far more complicated than innocence. She may not be responsible for Todd's death, but that doesn't erase what she intended to do. Freedom would mean admitting something almost as terrible as murder itself: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe tried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, the one person who sees the difference between what Amber intended and what actually happened is the one man who should never become personally involved with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Mercer has spent his life believing that desire is something dangerous-something controlled through discipline, distance, and denial. As warden of Blackridge, he knows exactly where the line between himself and Amber stands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also knows what crossing it could cost him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the investigation exposes hidden phone calls, missing evidence, conflicting stories, and secrets surrounding Todd's final night, the distance between prisoner and warden becomes harder to maintain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Amber Vale isn't asking anyone to believe she's a good person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's asking them to believe something much more difficult: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman can be guilty of wanting a man dead and still be innocent of his murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark, twisty, and morally complicated, A Certain Kind of Sin is a psychological suspense novel about guilt, obsession, forbidden love, betrayal, and the uncomfortable space between intention and consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause some sins are committed out of hatred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome are committed out of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd sometimes the difference between a murderer and an innocent woman isn't what she intended to do...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut who got there first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Certain Kind of Sin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A Novel by Margot Barnes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margot Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798182803069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Margot Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.35d","brand":"Margot Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50780153086207,"sku":"9798182803069","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-certain-kind-of-sin-margot-barnes-9798182803069","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}