My popular second-chance-at-love contemporary romance, ONE WIFE TOO MANY, is now available in Print, along with electronically at Amazon.com and Smashwords.com. Sometimes LOVE does find us, but at that particular time, we’re not ready for it. That’s what happens to Wilson Struthers. Read on for more info.
Here’s the blurb:
Wilson Struthers is an ambitious attorney who
advances his career by marrying eighteen-year-old Andrea, the boss’ daughter.
Things go according to plan... until Andrea is lost at sea. Seven years later,
Wilson marries again. Then the fun begins!
Now the dilemma: How do I craft this tale so that
when Wilson and Andrea meet seven years later, they don’t recognize each other?
How can I make this story believable?
Ah, that’s the rub! For Andrea, she suffers from
total amnesia of her former life and becomes Anakalia Lawai’a,
and for Wilson, well, let’s just say twenty-five-year-old Andrea looks very
different from his virgin bride.
ONE WIFE TOO MANY was published by Uncial Press and
had been with them for many years. It’s now available on Amazon.com and Smashwords.com and in Print. Here’s the new cover:
Seven years after his
bride is lost at sea, Wilson marries again. Bigamist!
ONE WIFE TOO MANY earned Best-Seller status at Fictionwise.com and is a Favorite in libraries across the United States including North Texas Libraries On The Go.
Here are some fabulous reviews:
5 STARS! Some books are meant to be classics. ONE
WIFE TOO MANY is in this category. We are introduced to the main characters,
Andrea and Wilson, as they just get married. Both of them are making a major
mistake. Wilson, to get promoted, and Andrea, to escape her unloving father.
But on the Hawaiian honeymoon night, Andrea’s eyes get cruelly opened, and she
makes another bad choice, only to get swept overboard in a storm-tossed sea.
Her body is never recovered. Seven years pass. Wilson is a sadder man, filled
with regret, but feels it’s time to move on. He remarries. Then the unthinkable
happens: his job sends him back to Hawaii where... ONE WIFE TOO MANY is a
perfect second chance at love story. I thoroughly enjoyed reading how they met
each other again with no recognition, and yet there was something achingly
familiar that they just couldn’t identify. A wonderful treat for anyone who’s a
romantic at heart!--Norwood Reviews
5 STARS! Amazing Book! After reading The Reluctant
Landlord, which I was very impressed with, I decided to read another one of
Susanne's books, One Wife Too Many. She did not disappoint me with this book
either. Both books I thought were terrific. I would recommend both books to
anyone and now I'm going to go onto one of her other books. I'm picking one of
her short stories The Teachers Pet. I'm sure I will not be disappointed with
that either. One Wife Too Many I read in one day as I could not put it down!--R.R.
Amazon.co.uk
Susanne Marie Knight's books are always fun, sexy and
tender. Her latest, ONE WIFE TOO MANY is all of the above, a real feel-good
story. Andrea is young and innocent when she marries Wilson, who is an
ambitious lawyer in her father's firm. Before the wedding night, she's lost at
sea. He remarries, she survives and their lives get really complicated.--UP
Reviews
This is a wonderful (as usual) love story. You’re soo
good, Sus. Thanks so much!-- Reader Comment
Susanne’s
plot pacing is, as always, superb!--Reader Comment
Brilliantly written--Book Review
This book is great! I adore Andrea, and as for
Wilson--yum! Thanks so much for this refreshing read!-- eader Comment
Whenever I want to take a Hawaiian vacation, I reread
ONE WIFE TOO MANY. I love this story!-- Reader Comment
An excellent retelling at a second chance a love
story!-- Reader Comment
Here is a popular book trailer for ONE WIFE TWO MANY, for the Uncial Press version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6axHmA8xwc
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Below are a couple
of tidbits from my life that helped me write this novel. The islands of Hawaii
play a large role in ONE WIFE TOO MANY. During a terrifying storm, Andrea is
swept overboard from the deck of a company yacht in the channel of waters
between Molokai and Maui. I also was violently tossed about in a small yacht
navigating very rough seas. Fortunately, I remained onboard!
Here’s how Wilson (Will) experienced the storm:
Still holding his
drink, Will carefully maneuvered past annoyingly loud slot machines and equally
annoying drunken passengers until he walked out the casino doors.
Once in the
carpeted corridor, he stood a moment to get his bearings. Wrong move. A giant
wave crashed against the starboard side of the ship. Will lost his balance...
and his drink, and smashed into the wall.
While his crystal
tumbler harmlessly bounced on the carpeted floor, the glassware inside the
casino wasn’t as lucky. The tinkling of breaking glass was loud enough to be
heard out in the corridor. Evidently everything that wasn’t nailed down on the
bar counter had slid to the other end, then landed down onto the floor.
What a waste of
booze!
Will grinned,
righted himself and took a step. Another wave
crashed into the ship, knocking him full force him back into the wall.
Damn. The shit just got kicked out of him. If Andrea had
been seasick before, there was no telling just how badly she was feeling right
now. Urgency fueled his movements.
Here’s how Andrea experienced the storm:
Although unsteady
footing was a problem, she managed to get to the stairway and headed up one
level for the casino deck.
The yacht
personnel were prepared for this type of weather. Little white bags had been
placed on each step by the wall... just in case.
Thank goodness she
didn’t need to use one. Her stomach was behaving nicely. And actually, she had
to admit, it was fun to be thrown from one side of the carpeted wall to the
other.
Andrea grinned.
Maybe now that she was a married woman, she could handle things better than
before.
After Andrea washes up in the city of Hilo on the big island of Hawaii, she is welcomed into the bosom of a traditional Hawaiian family, the Lawai’as. Since she has no memory of her previous life, she takes the name Anakalia, which means Andrea in Hawaiian. Seven years later, she reluctantly gives a stranger, Will, a tour of Hilo, including the famous Akaka Falls. Here’s a picture I took of Akaka Falls while on vacation there.
Here’s how Akaka
Falls fits into the story:
Today was about as perfect as a day could be. Will
thoroughly enjoyed pineapple pancakes for breakfast--an exotic treat for the
palate--the tropical rainforest surrounding Akaka Falls, and the company.
Especially the company. Anakalia Lawai’a combined
sultry beauty with a naiveté that stoked his growing desire.
Walking behind her in the dense jungle and watching
her bewitching bottom sway as they’d traveled on a narrow path to the falls was
nearly his undoing.
Or perhaps it was the primordial surroundings. Any
minute he’d expected Tarzan to swing through the trees with his characteristic
yell.
No, his overactive libido was all due to her.
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So now you know part of what happens when Wilson finds out he has ONE WIFE TOO MANY! I hope you enjoy Andrea and Wilson’s book.
Happy reading,
Susanne Marie
Knight
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!
