Christopher Reich Rules of Deception > recordedbookreview.com

A man, a woman, an accident a fate twisted and wretchedly out of joint. An American surgeon working for Doctors Without Borders discovers that his dead wife had been living a secret life, a political life.

19 Years of Reviews

The real lover is, as always, God.... Unerring, abundant, furiously hopeful story about the possibility of loving a woman to whom one is wed. No religiosity, just a well told well detailed tale of Irish Catholic erotic marital life. Greeley is as always superb.A Christmas Wedding by Andrew Greeley read by Jonathan Marosz

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