{"product_id":"9780525501213","title":"The Marriage Pact","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow far is too far when it comes to protecting your marriage? Find out in this relentlessly paced novel of psychological suspense.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Gripping, thought-provoking, and irresistible.”—Dean Koontz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewlyweds Alice and Jake are a picture-perfect couple. Alice, once a singer in a well-known rock band, is now a successful lawyer. Jake is a partner in an up-and-coming psychology practice. Their life together holds endless possibilities. After receiving an enticing wedding gift from one of Alice’s prominent clients, they decide to join an exclusive and mysterious group known only as The Pact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe goal of The Pact seems simple: to keep marriages happy and intact. And most of its rules make sense. \u003ci\u003eAlways answer the phone when your spouse calls. Exchange thoughtful gifts monthly. Plan a trip together once per quarter. . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNever mention The Pact to anyone.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e   \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alice and Jake are initially seduced by the glamorous parties, the sense of community, their widening social circle of like-minded couples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then one of them breaks the rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe young lovers are about to discover that for adherents to The Pact, membership, like marriage, is for life. And The Pact will go to any lengths to enforce that rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Jake and Alice, the marriage of their dreams is about to become their worst nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdvance praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Pact\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Riveting psychological suspense! This book will keep you up all night, while making you second-guess everything you know and everyone you’ve ever loved.”\u003cb\u003e—Lisa Gardner, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Right Behind You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A truly chilling thriller . . . It ranks with \u003ci\u003eThe Stepford Wives \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Gone Girl\u003c\/i\u003e as a terrifying look at what it really means to say ‘I do.’\u003cb\u003e”—Joseph Finder, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Guilty Minds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Pact\u003c\/i\u003e is a tense, twisting, quirky novel of growing dread—and a love story with a richly imagined relationship between a wife and husband. Michelle Richmond looks with a gimlet eye at our therapy-obsessed culture and wonders if the experts who claim to have all the cures might themselves need therapy.”\u003cb\u003e—Dean Koontz, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Corner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Michelle Richmond is, simply put, a great storyteller. And \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Pact\u003c\/i\u003e, without gimmicks or tricks, is a twisting, suspenseful, keep-you-up-all-night thriller.  But it’s more than that, too. It’s a deep, insightful, nearly voyeuristic view into modern marriage—what brings us together, what keeps us together, what tears us apart. A smart, engrossing, scary read!”\u003cb\u003e—Lisa Unger, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Red Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant premise for a novel of psychological suspense, taut plotting, and deft writing, \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Pact\u003c\/i\u003e shows in gripping detail just what could go wrong when we try too hard to protect the love we cherish most.”\u003cb\u003e—J. P. Delaney, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Before\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Clever and original—as smart as it is scary.”\u003cb\u003e—Gin Phillips, author of \u003ci\u003eFierce Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This sometimes disturbing, always thought-provoking stunner of a novel will keep you reading far too late into the night.”\u003cb\u003e—Karen Dionne, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Marsh King’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diversified Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014001934576,"sku":"9780525501213","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780525501213_p0.jpg?v=1763710319","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780525501213","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}