The Widow's Bargain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798186901396)

Nine months after Evelyn Bellgrave buried her husband, she learns Nathan never boarded the boat that supposedly killed him.

The discovery leads her back to Ashmere Point, where widows are recorded, husbands are replaced, and private files can turn a living person into someone else's property.

Gabriel Rook, Bellgrave's former security director, knows more than he has admitted. He helped build the false route around Nathan's death, and he has spent years hiding a love for Evelyn that Nathan once tried to use.

Evelyn offers Gabriel one bargain: twenty-four hours of complete truth. He will make no protective omissions and no decisions in her name.

Then Nathan is found alive.

His return should end the mystery. Instead, it exposes a system designed to transfer marriages, inheritances, and identities through the people Bellgrave expects to remain silent.

To stop it, Evelyn must confront the husband who arranged her grief, the man who loved her from the shadows, and the records trying to choose her future for her.

The Widow's Bargain is the second novel in the Bellgrave Vows gothic romantic suspense series. It features hidden identities, dangerous family secrets, a mature slow-burn romance, and a complete romantic ending.

For the strongest reading experience, begin with The Bride in Room Thirteen.