Meredith Zano's Unforgivable Sin

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Unforgivable Sin explores the devastation of loss, the pain of unrequited love and the power of forgiveness.

After enduring the most difficult childhood, Meredith Zanos is ready to start a new life free off the shackles of the past. But when she is convicted of three murders, the walls of her well-plastered future come crashing down. Instead of the freedom she craves, Meredith spends the next six years in prison.
Meredith returns home and is confronted by the heir of the family she murdered, Brody Mazagli. He gives her an ultimatum, Meredith either marries him for two years to fulfill an obligation to his dead father or he continues to fight her early release.
She struggles to adapt to life as an unwanted wife, suffering two years of Brody’s

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