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Writer Lowen Ashleigh is down to her last dollars after months of taking care of her terminally ill mother when she receives an offer to finish writing a popular series of books. Verity Crawford, the author of the books, is seriously injured and can’t do so herself.
At the invitation of Verity’s husband, Jeremy, Lowen embarks on a brief stay at the Crawford house in Vermont so she can dive into Verity’s notes and try to get a feel for how to get going on the massive project. But she finds it a challenge to focus sometimes because Verity is right there in the house, being cared for by a nurse — and while her mind seems completely gone, her body just a shell, there are moments Lowen is sure she’s staring at her — or even moving around the house. Even more disturbing is what Lowen reads in the manuscript of an autobiography Verity wrote that relates horrible truths about tragedies the family went through. What seemed to be heartbreaking accidents involving Verity and Jeremy’s late twin daughters may have more sinister causes.
Lowen is shaken and uncertain about what to do with what she knows. Complicating matters is the undeniable fact that she is falling for the handsome and sensitive Jeremy. Should she share what she is learning about his bedridden, unresponsive wife, or should she keep it to herself? As time progresses and her feelings intensify, her motives become muddled, but she also feels she may be in danger.
Verity is an entertaining romantic thriller that I’d recommend more if it weren’t so full of sex. The frequency and detail of the sex scenes just took away a good bit of the enjoyment for me.
Rated: High. Profanity includes 70 uses of strong language, around 25 instances of moderate profanity, about 20 uses of mild language, and about 30 instances of the name of Deity in vain. Sexual content is frequent and very detailed. There are murders and references to possible child neglect. There are gory details where a man is killed in a car accident.
