title: A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal
author:  Jen Waite 
description: "Waite has a knack for showing the ways that cognitive dissonance can chart pathways in the mind that cause emotional confusion to obscure rational thought."<br /><i><b></b></i><b>Meghan Daum</b><i><b>, New York Times Book Review</b></i><br /><br />"[Waite's] memoir is a great source of strength."<br /><i><b>Hello Giggles</b></i><br /><br />"A powerful memoir."<br /><i><b>The New York Post</b></i><br /><br />"Heartbreaking and riveting."<br /><i><b>Bustle</b></i><br /><br />Like<i>Big Little Lies</i>,<i>A Beautiful Terrible Thing</i>is a startling reminder that fairy tales arent real. A master class in suspenseful storytelling, Jen Waite recounts the lies, betrayals, and infidelity she endured with unrestrained honesty and deft candor. I couldnt turn away.<br /><b>Jillian Lauren</b>, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Some Girls: My Life in a Harem </i>and<i> Everything You Ever Wanted</i><br /> <i></i><br /> How do we really know the ones we love? Sometimes we don't, and in Jen Waite's harrowing, deeply intimate memoir, she gradually comes to discover that the husband she adores might actually be a sociopath. As raw and ragged as the edge of a blade, what makes this book so chilling is that it's truly possible to fall in love with evil, and it can happen to anyone. Be forewarned: you won't sleep until you finish the last page.<br /><b>Caroline Leavitt</b>, author of<i>Cruel Beautiful World</i>and the<i>New York Times</i>bestsellers,<i>Pictures of You</i>and<i>Is This Tomorrow</i><br /><br />Gripping from start to finish. A compelling and cautionary tale about how the longing to be adored and live inside a fairy tale makes you vulnerable to those charming sociopaths in search of someone to exploit.<br /><b>Joe Burgo</b>, PhD, author of<i>The Narcissist You Know</i><br /><br />A twisting, compulsively readable story of devastating betrayal and survival. I could not put this book down.<br /><b>Leigh Stein</b>, author of <i>Land of Enchantment</i><br /> <br />Jen Waite has illuminated the experience of betrayal with important and lyric light. Robert Mapplethorpe said, Nothing is finished until you see it. I would add that nothing is finished until you tell it as well and as fairly as she has.<br /><b>Suzanne Finnamore</b>, bestselling author of <i>Otherwise Engaged</i> and <i>Split</i><br /><br />A dramatic and powerful case study of dating and marrying someone who may have a hidden personality disorder. Without knowing the warning signs, you too can be caught by surprise.<br /><b>Bill Eddy</b>, LCSW, JD, coauthor of <i>Splitting</i><br /><i></i><br /> A woman discovers her husband is not whom she thought he was. [T]ension, disbelief, and grief permeate the pages  Those who have been in a manipulative partnership with a narcissistic or abusive person will find Waites honest retelling relevant and potent<br /><b>Kirkus</b><br /><br />In this emotionally charged memoir, Waite describes how the man she married turned out to be not at all what he seemed. A well-written and at times gripping story of deceit.<br /><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b>
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  SO WRONG IT’S GOOD
  Jenika Snow
  Copyright © 2015
  Chapter One
  The summer of 2013
  “I swear she’s marrying him because of his money.”
  At eighteen Lake was too old to be eavesdropping, but she couldn’t help listening to her stepmother speak on the phone.
  Then again she loved the gossip, and Ginny