Chasing Shadows

by Catherine Bybee

Overview

An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Falling in love can come with the most unexpected risks in this First Wives novel from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee.

Avery Grant doesn’t date. Her first marriage was a mutually beneficial contract that gave her the financial freedom she needed to step away from her controlling parents. Wealthy and single, the last thing she’s looking for is love sneaking in to mess up her life plans. And after a brutal attack, she’s determined to never be vulnerable again, even if the new man in her life helps her feel safe.

Mesmerized from the moment he sets his eyes on Avery, Liam is driven to learn everything about this tough, sexy, challenging woman. Breaking down her defenses won’t be easy, but Liam refuses to be pushed away. All he needs is a tiny crack in Avery’s armor to wiggle his way into her heart.

But when a terrifying lie about her attacker’s fate comes to light, Avery’s past returns to haunt her. Now she’s willing to put herself in danger to get the answers she needs. That means jeopardizing the best thing that’s ever happened to her: Liam.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781503903432
Publisher:	Amazon Publishing
Publication date:	11/13/2018
Series:	First Wives , #3
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee has written twenty-eight books that have collectively sold more than 5.5 million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Raised in Washington State, Bybee moved to Southern California in the hope of becoming a movie star. After growing bored with waiting tables, she returned to school and became a registered nurse, spending most of her career in urban emergency rooms. She now writes full time and has penned the Not Quite series, the Weekday Brides series, the Most Likely To series, and the First Wives series.

Editorial Reviews

08/20/2018
“We formed the First Wives to deal with dating after divorce. Somehow that has turned into murdered husbands, assaults, spies, and all kinds of soap opera drama.” That, in a nutshell, describes Bybee’s First Wives series, of which this contemporary romantic thriller is the third installment (after Half Empty). After being attacked in New York City, Southern California–based estate sale maven Avery Grant takes up krav maga. Contractor Liam Holt sees Avery ably deflect a handsy patron in a bar and decides he wants to get to know her better. They’re well on their way to romance when Avery begins to remember suppressed details from her attack—including a horribly lifelike spider tattoo. Once it’s established that a presumed (now dead) killer wasn’t the assailant, Avery goes looking for her attacker. The story doesn’t seem to start out as a thriller, despite Liam’s entrance as a could-be stalker, which makes the shift into the killer-on-the-loose story arc feel a bit abrupt. However, Bybee’s spot-on characterizations and snappy prose make other flaws forgivable, especially once the twists and turns start to pile up. Glimpses of happily-ever-afters from earlier books add charm to this serviceable installment. Agent: Jane Dystel, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

A novel about female empowerment, putting the past to rest, and of course, finding The One…Catherine Bybee at her best.” —Harlequin Junkie

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