Member Review

This is a deliciously dark psychological thriller containing a cast of very unlikeable characters! I just had to keep turning the pages though. How was it all going to end?
Leah is a young woman with little going for her apart from her good looks and the words of her long dead mother ringing in her ears- power over men, not love is what should be important. She lives in a cramped flat, has a dead end job and regrets being dumped by her college boyfriend.
She spends her spare time picking up rich men in bars, hoping to attract someone who can keep her in the manner she would like, something her estranged father was never able to do.
When she meets Miles Sinclair , a rich businessman and he actually seems keen, she cannot resist. He takes her on a trip to France to stay in his family villa and there she meets his hostile cousin Vivienne who is recently bereaved.
When Miles proposes and Leah accepts matters become more complicated as she learns of Riley, the last Mrs Sinclair who died in mysterious circumstances.
Vivienne is definitely a bitter character with plenty to hide and the reader wonders whether Miles is really as good as he seems. All characters are keeping secrets and all are extremely unpleasant but as the book progressed I soon began to wonder whether Leah was really as bad as she at first seemed?
The point of view swaps about half way through from Leah to Vivienne and this alternates between chapters as the reader learns more about what is happening.
However even with this extra information all is not as it seems with an interesting twist at the very end which I admit did catch me off guard and if I’m truly honest, slightly annoy me as a literary device.
All in all this was a fabulous read— it really kept me on my toes and I will certainly be looking out for more books by this author.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my advance copy.