A Reliable Wife

Set in a small Wisconsin farming and manufacturing town still crumbling a decade after the depression of the 1890s, A Reliable Wife tells the story of Ralph Truitt, a wealthy businessman who advertises for "a reliable wife" in newspapers across America.  The woman he chooses describes herself as a "simple, honest woman," but in truth she is both complex and devious.  Catherine's plan in accepting the marriage offer is simple: she will win this man's devotion, and then she will poison him and leave Wisconsin a wealthy widow.  What she has not counted on is the passion she finds in this seemingly solid, forthright man.