Die Before I Wake Book

Just five days after they meet, Julie Hanrahan and Dr. Thomas Larkin exchange vows on a moonlit Caribbean beach, the whirlwind conclusion to a romance that's swept her off her feet. Tom is sexy, witty and charming and Julie's sure she's found her Prince Charming.

But not every fairy tale ends happily ever after.

With a workaholic husband, a hostile mother-in-law and a resentful stepdaughter, the honeymoon doesn't last long. Especially after Julie finds out that Tom's first wife didn't die in an accident after all. The cops called her death a suicide, but Julie is convinced that somebody helped Beth over the side of the Swift River Bridge.

Every marriage has its secrets. Julie is starting to wonder if she'll survive discovering the truth about hers…or die before she wakes.

Publishers Weekly

Breton's high-tension tale follows 30-year-old Julie Larkin as she settles into her marriage to heartthrob doctor Tom. In the harsh light of his Newmarket, Maine, hometown, the whirlwind romance and impromptu Bahamas wedding look a bit silly. Tom's mother, Jeanette, is openly cold to Julie. Then questions come up about the demise of Tom's first wife, Beth. He claims it was an accident. The cops call it a suicide. Beth's sister is certain Tom killed her. Tom's young daughters have serious issues around their mother's death, which one of them witnessed. There's no one Julie can trust in Newmarket, so she tries to solve the mystery herself, endangering her own life. Breton (Point of Departure) has a light touch that belies the sinister forces at work just beneath the surface of this extremely successful thriller. (Jan.)

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