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In this scandalous follow-up to the Depression-era saga Mrs. Wiggins, the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author transports readers to the Deep South, as a proper church-going woman determined to snare Alabamas most-sought after widower finds his secret desires and righteous lies come as a package deal... Forty-something widow Jessie Tucker is beloved throughout Lexington, Alabama, for her kind heart and endless generosity. But she feels its past time she rewarded herself--especially when upstanding Hubert Wiggins tragically loses his wife and son. Making herself indispensable, yet discouraged by Huberts lack of romantic interest, Jessie cooks up a deception she knows will make pious Hubert do right by her . . . Hoax or not, Hubert couldnt be happier. The passionate self hes long hidden from everyone has a new, much-riskier secret love. And the unsuspecting second Mrs. Wiggins will help him maintain his ever-so-devout image in the community . . . But when Hubert is not the ardent lover Jessie always dreamed he was, she turns to handsome younger man Conway. Suddenly the good church wife cant resist temptation at all. And someone is watching: Conways new girlfriend--and Jessies longtime rival--Blondeen. Now Blondeen has the perfect opportunity to destroy Jessies reputation--then become the wife Hubert should have had all along. Unless all their secrets destroy them first.Mary Monroe is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five novels and six novellas. She is a three-time AALBC bestseller and winner of the AAMBC Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award, the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Award, and the J. California Cooper Memorial Award. The daughter of Alabama sharecroppers, she taught herself how to write before going on to become the first and only member of her family to finish high school. She lives in Oakland, California, and loves to hear from her readers via e-mail at [email protected]. Visit Marys website at MaryMonroe.org.Book specifications:Collection: A Lexington, Alabama NovelAuthor: Mary MonroeCover type: PaperbackPublishing Year: 2023Publishing Month: 2Pages: 336Language: EnglishPublisher: Dafina BooksWeight: 367 g
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