I Faked My Death To Hide His Heir and Found A New Love

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I thought catching my boyfriend with another woman was the worst betrayal I would ever survive. Then I married David Williams. He was wealthy, charming, and determined to give me everything I had been missing, love, security, and the family I desperately wanted. When he proposed a secret wedding, I ignored my twin sister's warnings and surrendered to the future he promised me. But the loving husband disappeared as soon as the ring was on my finger. David's jealousy became control. His control became violence. And when I discovered I was pregnant, the truth behind our marriage finally emerged: David never chose me for love. He needed a wife and an heir to claim his family's fortune; and his mistress, my trusted friend Crystal, had helped him choose me as their perfect victim. They planned to take my baby, collect the inheritance, and make my death look like an accident. So I gave them exactly what they wanted. I died. Years later, Tiffany Piper no longer exists. In the quiet town of Willow Bend, I am Claudia Simmons, a devoted single mother raising the daughter David believes died with me. For the first time, I have friends, a home, and a chance at real love with Christopher Adams, the kindhearted man who makes me wonder whether I can finally stop running. But secrets never stay buried forever. While my twin sister and her new partner investigate the criminal network that helped David destroy my life, someone in Willow Bend discovers who I really am. The threatening messages begin. A stranger watches my house. Then my daughter disappears. David thinks he has finally found his heir. This time, I won't run. I faked my death to escape my husband, but I may have to expose every secret, reclaim my real name, and destroy him before he takes the one person I was willing to die to protect. CONTENT ADVISORY This domestic thriller contains on-page depictions or discussions of domestic and physical abuse, coercive control, emotional manipulation, gaslighting, infidelity, stalking, drugging, involuntary psychiatric confinement, kidnapping, child abduction and endangerment, pregnancy-related medical peril, violence against a pregnant woman, attempted murder, homicide, organized crime, and political and law-enforcement corruption. The story also includes trauma-related themes, threats to a mother and unborn child, presumed maternal and infant death, and consensual on-page sexual content. Reader discretion is advised.