The Dead Bride of Adrian

Mara Vale never expected to marry into a world like this one; a world of old money, guarded silences, and a house that seems to be holding its breath. On her wedding night, in a hallway lined with wilting orchids, she comes face to face with a woman wearing the exact same dress she is. A woman who claims to be Adrian Cross's first wife. A woman who's supposed to be dead. By morning, everyone insists she imagined it. The staff won't meet her eyes. Her husband's hand goes cold at the mention of a locked door that vanishes beneath fresh paint before sunrise. And the closer Mara looks, the more she realizes that every person in this house has rehearsed exactly what to say and exactly what not to. With one loyal friend, a photograph that shouldn't exist, and instincts she's only beginning to trust, Mara starts pulling at threads no one wants pulled. But the deeper she digs into the truth about the first Mrs. Cross, the more she uncovers something far more dangerous than a family's grief; a secret with roots that reach back further than her wedding day. Further, perhaps, than she ever imagined. Because the first wife isn't the only one with a past this family has worked very hard to bury. The Mystery Bride's Past is a slow-burn romantic suspense series about love built on secrets, trust that has to be earned twice, and a truth that refuses to stay buried.

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