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Seducing a proper Bostonian was easy. Making him die of a heart attack a week after the wedding was hardly any trouble at all. Now she has money, social status, everything she has cunningly schemed to get since she was a poor little girl. Everything except the Brookline mansion and the multi-million dollar trust fund left to the three children.

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Michael McDowell does it again

Love this author like I love Stephen king. I wish there were dozens more to read. He has a way of grabbing you like you were there witnessing every thing first hand. He always gets in depth with the characters, each and every one and you know them well. I hope they find more of his books to resurrect. His is definitely worth the credit.