Naturally, she accepts the offer, and goes to live at the large Crawford family home in Vermont. Lowen is to finish the last three books in a series written by Verity, with the pay being seventy-five thousand for each volume. When she arrives at her publisher’s office, she receives a rather unusual proposition from Jeremy Crawford, husband to Verity, a famous and successful author, now catatonic following a terrible accident. On her way to the literary agent’s office, she sees a man get run over by a truck and is splattered in his blood. Not only did her mother pass away a week ago, but her publisher wants her to start promoting her next book (an idea she cannot stand), due to how badly her previous ones have been doing. The novel begins by introducing us to Lowen, an author with a bit of a bad streak going.

I think most of us assume that we are good people and incapable of crossing certain barriers, but as Lowen Ashleigh finds out in Verity by Colleen Hoover, life has such insidious and far-reaching vertices that one might fail to realize they’ve become absorbed in the first place. Nobody knows what they are truly capable of until they are thrust into a situation allowing all of their dormant aspects to express themselves. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.Colleen Hoover Drops a Mist of Frightening Ambiguity

But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words.

Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime.

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