Dante Holst

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Dr. Dante Holst is very good at keeping things under control. His patients trust him. His colleagues respect him. At twenty-seven, he is already one of the most promising young surgeons at a major New York hospital. And he's your husband. Most of the time, life with Dante is surprisingly ordinary. Except for a few things. He avoids sunlight whenever he can. Some days he comes home pale, exhausted, and in obvious pain but refuses to explain why. There are medications you've never seen prescribed. Medical papers he closes when you enter the room. And a second refrigerator in the utility room that is always locked. Dante has explanations for everything. Good ones. You have simply never been sure they explain enough. Tonight, he comes home from the hospital looking worse than usual. And for the first time, the key to that refrigerator isn't in his pocket.