I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was well written with good characters and it kept me interested in the story line.

It wasn't the edge of seat read I was hoping for and I did find it a bit slow in parts but overall it was a good book.

Thank you to Netgalley and Hera Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

I really loved the premise of this book. I love psychological thrillers, and this seemed to have everything I usually love in a book.
The beginning was a little too slow for me, and I found that the getting to know each other phase between Lucy and Paul could have been shorter. Their relationship drama during the first half of the book felt a little unnecessary in relation to the later plot and the story centered around Simon didn't really fit in.
I really liked the second half of the book, the plot twists were exciting and the pacing was much better. I also enjoyed the writing style a lot and Lucy was an interesting protagonist to read about. Her emotions felt very real and it allowed the reader to get invested in her story.
The ending was really good, some of the plot twists were a little predictable but not to the point of being boring. I thought the ending was a good wrap up for the book and I liked that it still left some questions open and kept the reader guessing.

This is the first book I have read by Elena Wilkes and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It w as suspenseful and kept me guessing right up until the very end. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. I will definitely be recommending this one!

i enjoyed this but felt the ending left the rest of the book wanting .a complex relationship between two people .

Good read, nice writing style.
I have devoured this in just one sitting although it has definitely been missing something

This was an amazing and suspenseful drama that kept me fascinated throughout the entire journey. The characters were engaging and believable. Can’t recommend it enough!

This was a very suspenseful and tense book! It was very intriguing and kept me guessing! I enjoyed it, as it was a gripping domestic thriller book. I do think some of the “red flags” in the main relationship were a bit too obvious, but enjoyed this book nonetheless.

Thank you Hera Books and netgalley for the chance to read this ARC.

Wow- Where to start
What a rollercoaster this was.

Lucy works with offenders in Prison and meets Paul in a bar after work.

After a one night stand it all becomes very intense and within months they are married.

Lucy gets blinded by love, Paul is not all he seems until Lucy discovers the truth of his past.

Who is Lucy to believe? Or is Lucy just going a bit bonkers!

This was very gripping, dark and twisted, a great read. Shows you a great insight to emotional abuse and how blinded you can be and who can you actually trust.

Well worth a read and looking foward to more from Elena in the future.

Lucy has met Paul as she literally bumped into him in a pub. He is a psychologist whom she sometimes sees at work as she is a probation officer. One of her cases is getting rather close to her and she is having to pull back for her own safety. Meanwhile her relationship with the rather mercurial Paul is whizzing along and she finds things about his past that then just disappear. She realises that she really doesn’t know him and hasn't even met any of his friends. With Paul and Gould (the ex-con) her life is beginning to be on a knife edge. Who is telling the truth and can she trust Paul? Ooooh!! This is one of those books where the tension nicely builds and you have that sense of unease that something isn’t quite right. Why would a boyfriend hide things and deny things from his past? Surely a foundation of truth which is what Paul insists on, but maybe doesn’t abide by his own rules, would be better? A slightly creepy, well written read that made me sit on the edge of my seat. I did wonder how it was going to end. I won’t give anything away other than to say nicely done! A captivating read.
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Twisty thriller asking how well do you really know your spouse or your partner?
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it the characters. I would call it a psychological thriller that literally leaves you guessing until the last page