Secrets of Chalice Bay

PROLOGUE

Taz

A twisted marriage.

A secret inheritance.

A new love.

Will Taz survive her painful past long enough to embrace a promising future?

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The Escape

After four months of starving myself, I wonder if I'll fit. I have to, I reason, as I look at the square box that is the downstairs bathroom window.

Eight thousand and twenty-three square feet encompassing three floors in one of the most exciting cities in the world: New York. Seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms of Italian marble flooring; Brazilian teak-wood cabinets; and ornately-carved, black-iron staircases. The townhouse's luxury is endless in my gilded prison, except for the one luxury I crave: love.

Until I met him, I had never thought of love as a luxury. I breathed it as easily as I breathed air. It was always in plentiful supply my parents, my friends, my...