THE ASSASSIN’S WIFE

Vera Stone is a cold-blooded professional who views her targets as nothing more than obstacles to be removed. Her newest contract is supposed to be routine: terminate steel magnate Jack Rubinstein. To secure the vantage point she needs, Vera orchestrates an entry into the Rubinstein household by targeting Jack’s wife, Grace. However, she quickly realizes that her quarry is far more complex than a mere pawn in a deadly game. Grace Rubinstein wears the mask of a fragile trophy wife perfectly, but it is a disguise worn to survive two decades of her husband’s crushing cruelty. Beneath the layers of silk and staged smiles, Grace is a woman plotting her own liberation. As Vera infiltrates the couple’s opulent, suffocating world, she finds herself drawn to the sharp, hidden intelligence in Grace’s eyes. What began as a calculated mission of assassination blurs into an intense, dangerous dance of mutual survival. As Vera and Grace form an unlikely alliance against their shared antagonist, they discover that in a house built on secrets, trust is a liability and passion is a fatal provocation. They are playing for keeps—and if they aren't careful, the love they’ve stumbled into will be the weapon that finally brings them both down.