The Ideal Wife
Chapter 1
The long, sleek black limo rolled to a stop in the driveway of the Tuscan-style, four-bedroom, six-bath paradise that was now her home. Jana had fallen in love with the grand estate the first time she'd come to have dinner with Lawrence Collins -- her husband of one week.
The modest three-bedroom house where she'd grown up, on Fourth and Jefferson in Los Angeles, had been nothing like this Hollywood Hills mansion, although she had loved growing up in the house that had once belonged to her parents. After their premature deaths, her grown-up sister Robyn and her husband had moved in to care for Jana, who was twelve when they died.
A touch of sadness filtered through her as she thought about her sister. Robyn had always wanted children but had suffered three miscarriages; she'd finally had a hysterectomy. Despite her personal grief, she had been a wonderful mother to Jana.
Lawrence's fingers brushed Jana's collarbone and lingered there for a moment, bringing her out of her reverie.
"Welcome home, Mrs. Collins."
She shivered a little every time he called her that. Jana was still trying to digest the fact that at twent ... read full excerpt from: The Ideal Wife ebook
