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Traps

The story of four very different women whose paths intersect—briefly, but significantly—in ways that will transform each of their lives forever: a propulsive reading experience that delivers the most abundant emotional satisfaction, in prose that is intelligent, nuanced, and riveting from first to last.

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Dana is a beautiful young security guard trained in special ops who can disarm a bomb and perform emergency surgery but is terrified of commitment to the man she loves. Jessica is an Oscar-winning actress whose father keeps selling her out to the paparazzi. Vivian is a seventeen-year-old prostitute who will do anything to protect her twin babies. Lynn is a recovering alcoholic living in isolation on a ranch in Nevada. How their fates collide—and how that collision offers each of them a chance at redemption and renewal—is the subject of this emotionally powerful, finely crafted, richly textured novel.

Setting
2010s
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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