The #1 "New York Times "bestselling author of "Collateral " is at her best in this outstanding novel written in gorgeous prose a sex-filled masterpiece of mystery and romance ("Library Journal") about a woman caught in a love affair that could be her salvation or her undoing.
Once a widow, twice divorced, Tara is a woman with a past she prefers to keep hidden. She s gorgeous, affluent, and content living alone in her flawless San Francisco mansion.
That is, until she meets Cavin Lattimore the charming surgeon who sweeps her off her feet following a ski accident in Lake Tahoe. But as her recovery progresses and her love life flourishes, Tara notices some suspicious incidents an unusual van parked outside her home, a break-in, threatening text messages, and distressing emails. She can t help but notice the cracks in Cavin s perfect persona, including the suppressed rage his conniving teenage son elicits.
Housebound and on crutches, Tara depends on Cavin perhaps to a dangerous degree as she juggles difficult relationships with her envious sister and best friend, her irritable brother-in-law, and her estranged mother. However perfect Tara s life may have appeared before, new events are starting to expose what lies beneath.
Writing for the first time in prose, Ellen Hopkins unveils a brand new form that s fresh, smoldering and emblematic of her celebrated poetic voice. Injected with a signature dose of suspense, sex, and drama, "Love Lies Beneath" delivers right up to its shocking and unexpected conclusion."