The Ex-Wives Club (Alibis Collection, #2)

by Sally Hepworth

persisted?

distracted.

swerve

careened

uselessly.

mortified

coroner’s

inquest

She saw something in his eyes, something that was usually hidden behind a dry sense of humor and a

scathing

attitude. He didn’t like it when people weren’t happy with him. He w...

Ian was so commanding she couldn’t help it, even after everything.

croissants

dryly,

startled

gotcha

vandalized.

perve

ducking

rosters

“straight shooter.”

barely

demeanor

menacing undertone.

grouchy

timid

All she’d ever wanted was to be important to her father.

fickle,

So much of her life had been about trying to impress him, and each attempt had b...

She’d tried for a while to find love in...

h...

intoxic...

f...

irrefutable

intervene.

startled

retaliate

disparagingly

bellowed.

thumbing out

unusual

twinge

When she was married to Ian, they’d argued regularly about the same old topics—her working outside the home (he was against it), him wanting to know where she’d been and who she was with (then him checking up on her), what she was spending money on. And yes, he had a temper. She spent a good deal of time walking on eggshells to avoid setting him off both during and after their marriage. She’d always told herself that Ian was just protective, and perhaps a little old-fashioned.

escal...

behest.

reluctant

hitched

chimed in.

sheepish.

perched