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know that they forced her to tell.”
“Who forced her? To tell what?” Reid asked.
I shrugged. “I don’t know. She said they know so I needed to know.”
Reid reached for my hand. “You’re shaking.”
“I-I...” I squeezed his hand and cuddled toward his warmth. “It’s so strange. The whole thing felt real, but I know it wasn’t.”
“What did she want you to know?”
“First, she apologized for all the mistakes she’d made.” I leaned away, still holding his hand and caught Reid’s gaze. “See, like Laurel said, my mind is on some crazy-ass drugs. The only thing Nancy Pierce was ever sorry about was having three kids to take care of.”
“Is that what she wanted you to know?”
“Not really.” I lay back, pulling our linked hands over me. “Here’s the really crazy part: she said she’d lied.”
“About?”
“If it were real, the list would be long. In my dream, she said Missy was never kidnapped.”
My husband’s body tensed beside me. “What?”
I nodded. “Yes, I told you...crazy.”
“What happened to your sister if she wasn’t kidnapped?” His voice deepened as he lifted his head to see me better. “Oh God, she didn’t...your mother didn’t...hurt her, did she?”
“No. She said he offered her money so she agreed to sell her.”
“What the fuck? Your mother sold your sister?”
“In my dream,” I reminded him. “And here’s the kicker. It wasn’t, like, to a sicko as we’d feared. My mom said she sold Missy to her biological father.”
Reid’s eyes opened wide.
I laid my head back on the pillow. “I told you, it’s nuts. Even Nancy wasn’t that big of a bitch to sell her own daughter.” I let out a long sigh and rolled toward my husband. “Thank you for listening. I feel better just saying it. Now, I hear how absurd it is. I mean, if that were true, that would mean that Mace’s and my sister wasn’t taken into the Sparrow or McFadden sex rings. She grew up with her biological father.” I shrugged. “Hell, Mace and I don’t know the identity of the men who donated sperm to make us much less the one who contributed to her DNA.” After a yawn, I scoffed and kissed Reid’s cheek. “Good night. I’m going to try to sleep.”
As slumber began to overtake me, I heard Reid mutter, “Well, fuck.”
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Acknowledgments
A special thank you to my beta readers: Sherry, Angie, Val, Ilona, and Mr.Jeff, my editor, Lisa Aurello, my sensitivity readers, Renita McKinney and Yulanda Bolton, and my friend and publicist, Dani Sanchez of Wildfire Marketing for their dedication to my Sparrow Web world, the array of characters, and to making Reid and Lorna’s story the best it can be.
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THE SPARROW WEBS:
DANGEROUS WEB:
DUSK
Releasing Nov, 2020
DARK
Releasing 2021
DAWN
Releasing 2021
WEB OF DESIRE:
SPARK
Released Jan. 14, 2020
FLAME
Released February 25, 2020
ASHES
Released April 7, 2020
TANGLED WEB:
TWISTED
Released May, 2019
OBSESSED
Released July, 2019
BOUND
Released August, 2019
WEB OF SIN:
SECRETS
Released October, 2018
LIES
Released December, 2018
PROMISES
Released January, 2019
THE INFIDELITY SERIES:
BETRAYAL
Book #1
Released October 2015
CUNNING
Book #2
Released January 2016
DECEPTION
Book #3
Released May 2016
ENTRAPMENT
Book #4
Released September 2016
FIDELITY
Book #5
Released January 2017
THE CONSEQUENCES SERIES:
CONSEQUENCES
(Book #1)
Released August 2011
TRUTH
(Book #2)
Released October 2012
CONVICTED
(Book #3)
Released October 2013
REVEALED
(Book #4)
Previously titled: Behind His Eyes Convicted: The Missing Years
Re-released June 2014
BEYOND THE CONSEQUENCES
(Book #5)
Released January 2015
RIPPLES
Released October 2017
CONSEQUENCES COMPANION READS:
BEHIND HIS EYES-CONSEQUENCES
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BEHIND HIS EYES-TRUTH
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INTO THE LIGHT
Released June, 2016
AWAY FROM THE DARK
Released October, 2016
TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE SERIES:
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ALEATHA’S LIGHTER ONES:
PLUS ONE
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May 2017
ANOTHER ONE
Stand-alone fun, sexy romance
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ONE NIGHT
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A SECRET ONE
April 2018
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UNEXPECTED
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UNCONVENTIONAL
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UNFORGETTABLE
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UNDENIABLE
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About the Author
Aleatha Romig is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana, USA. She has raised three children with her high school sweetheart and husband of over thirty years. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she's not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her other pastimes include reading and creating heroes/anti-heroes who haunt your dreams!
Aleatha impresses with her versatility in writing. She released her first novel, CONSEQUENCES, in August of 2011. CONSEQUENCES, a dark romance, became a bestselling series with five novels and two companions released from 2011 through 2015. The compelling and epic story of Anthony and Claire Rawlings has graced more than half a million e-readers. Her first stand-alone smart, sexy thriller INSIDIOUS was next. Then Aleatha released the five-novel INFIDELITY series, a romantic suspense saga, that took the reading world by storm, the final book landing on three of the top bestseller lists. She ventured into traditional publishing with Thomas and Mercer. Her books INTO THE LIGHT and AWAY FROM THE DARK were published through this mystery/thriller publisher in 2016. In the spring of 2017, Aleatha again ventured into a different genre with her first fun and sexy stand-alone romantic comedy with the USA Today bestseller PLUS ONE. She continued with ONE NIGHT and ANOTHER ONE. If you like fun, sexy, novellas that make your heart pound, try her UNCONVENTIONAL and UNEXPECTED. In 2018 Aleatha returned to her dark romance roots with SPARROW WEBS.
Aleatha is a "Published Author's Network" member of the Romance Writers of America and PEN America. She is represented by Kevan Lyon of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency and Dani Sanchez with Wildfire Marketing.