That’s where we’ll meet, between the sunrays and the clouds.” “Just turn your face up, you silly goose. “How will I know you’re really here after your body is gone?” “But how?” I tugged at her gown, clinging to her promise. Dead, alive, and in-between, I will always be there for you.” Her eyes shimmered with sickness so tangible I could taste it on my tongue. My aunt tucked wisps of blond curls behind my ear. She’d never braid my hair again, whispering magical tales about Greek gods and three-headed monsters. She’d never pick Belle and me up from school with Ziploc bags full of apple slices and strawberries whenever our parents worked long hours. Something that happened in other families, to other people.Īuntie Tilda was never going to scoop me in her arms, pretending to strum her fingers on me like I was an air guitar again. For the past few weeks, she’s slept sitting upright, falling in and out of consciousness.Īt twelve, death was an abstract concept to me. The cancer had spread to her lungs, liver, and kidneys, making it excruciating for my aunt to breathe. I soaked her hospital gown with tears, clutching the fabric in my little fists, ignoring Momma’s soft pleas to get off her ill sister. With the sound of my soul shattering on the hospice floor like delicate china.Īnd Auntie Tilda, wilting inside her hospital bed, her breath rattling in her empty lungs like a penny. He is about to find out the most lethal poison is also the sweetest. He thinks I’ll buckle under the weight of his mind games. Persephone wasn’t only the goddess of spring she was also the queen of death. Now I’m the eldest Fitzpatrick brother’s little toy. The price for the money, it turns out, is my freedom. Only Cillian doesn’t hand out free favors. What’s a hundred grand to one of the wealthiest men in America, anyway? Now I need him to do me another, small solid.īail me out of the mess my husband got me into. To me, he is the man who (reluctantly) saved my life. Hades in a Brioni suit.Ĭillian Fitzpatrick has been dubbed every wicked thing on planet earth. Hands down a top 2020 must read! - Helena Hunting, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author.Ĭruel. Filled with Shen’s trademark wit, soul searing angst and emotional poignancy, The Villain is a deeply satisfying story of patience, acceptance, perseverance and love. "I’m unequivocally, irrevocably head over heels in love with Cillian Fitzpatrick. Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon AU Audiobook Paperback Add on Goodreads
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