The Ethics Of Desire 2026

Kelechi Obi knows exactly who she is supposed to be and who she is not. A dutiful daughter. A philosophy graduate student. A woman about to be engaged to a man she barely knows, for a future her family has already chosen. Marley Hoffmann is a problem she doesn’t need. Sharp-tongued, infuriatingly perceptive, and impossible to ignore, Marley is the opposite of everything Kelechi knows. What begins as a disastrous first impression and intellectual friction slowly shifts into something far more intimate, far more forbidden, and far harder to control. For the first time in her life, Kelechi wants something that has no place in the life waiting for her back home. With a soon-to-be husband in Nigeria and a devout family who would never forgive the truth, choosing Marley would mean losing everything else. And walking away might cost her the one thing she’s never had before.

Released

May 23, 2026

Author

Tracy Cress

Pages

380

ISBN

9789786820903

Series

MapleRidge Series · #1

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