THE CHASE
A NOVEL
Chapter One
There was trouble in paradise and there had been for some time.
Claire turned onto Leavenworth, her grip tightening on the steering
wheel. She had been married for ten years; she had known David for
almost fifteen. When had they begun to drift apart? How had it happened,
when once they had been so happy?
Did it even matter?
David had told her just that morning that she was going to far too
much trouble for his fortieth birthday. He had made it clear he was in no
mood for a big bash with a hundred guests. And he had refused to even
look at her, focusing instead on the task of knotting his Hermès tie.
Claire knew she had been blocking out just how badly damaged her
marriage was. She had thrown herself into her work at the Humane Society,
where she was a director, and into all of her charities, especially the
two for which she was chairwoman. She ... read full excerpt from The Chase ebook
