Marguerite Steen
ASIN: B01NBBYCWI
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 320
Can you ever truly know someone…? Don Florio Conde and his wife Doña María Teresa own a small tavern in Andalucía. It’s a place where the wealthy brush shoulders with the poor, where people from all walks of life are welcomed with open arms.Yet behind the smiling faces that greet new customers hides the anger and frustration that María Teresa and her husband feel for each other.Over twenty years of marriage has left them little more than resentful strangers.She is a domineering shrew and he a submissive drunkard.When Florio agrees to let a wealthy patron of the inn, Don Joaquín Saavedra, use their spare room for a discreet liaison with the married wife of the powerful Don Alfredo Fedriani, he dreams of the money and prestige that Don Joaquín’s trust and gratitude will bring.But when María Teresa hears of the plan, she is horrified.Unlike other taverns, she has always enforced a strict ...