{"product_id":"the-runaway-wife-jane-bonander-9781680469172","title":"The Runaway Wife","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn abusive husband with a secret past.\u003cbr\u003eAn heiress with a plan to escape. \u003cbr\u003eA divorced, small town sheriff with a child to care for. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet against the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, this is a story of a young woman trying to start a new life and a man who must learn to trust again, despite the complications set before them. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1880 in Chicago, Anastasia Radcliffe plans her escape from her abusive husband down to the last detail. Leaving her wealth and her family behind, she fakes her own drowning, takes on a new identity and flees to California. There, as Tansy Leigh, she begins a new life, claiming to be a farmer's widow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the sheriff, Jesse Wolfe, thinks there was something fishy about the widow's story, and he is determined to discover what it is. Tainted by a failed marriage to a socialite who left him and their sickly daughter and returned to her comfortable life, he concentrates on caring for his daughter. Hired as the little girl's tutor, Tansy begins to not only fall in love with the child, but also with the tall, handsome, often terse and overprotective father. Unbeknownst to both, a tragic history ties them together, and by the time Jesse discovers what it is, he has already fallen in love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA valued pocket watch sold to a jeweler hundreds of miles away causes her husband to believe she may still be alive. A bounty hunter sent by Tansy's husband innocently alerts Jesse to the secret that painfully ties them together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Jesse can confront Tansy, she is abducted by her husband and whisked away to be permanently institutionalized for 'melancholia'. A secret note in a beloved novel provides clues to her husband's past and puts her family on the trail to save her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse must follow the trail as well and find a way to rescue Tansy and finally learn the truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Bonander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1680469177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680469172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Satin Romance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.51d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Bonander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46070340092159,"sku":"9781680469172","price":13.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d83801e-3763-4420-8dd3-9d05c8246d69.jpg?v=1724242970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-runaway-wife-jane-bonander-9781680469172","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}