Review of His Loving Wife by Miranda Smith

As you can probably tell, I’ve gotten back into reading mode, which is a nice change for me. I really haven’t read regularly for a while, and thanks to being out of work I guess, I’ve had the time. Recently, I finished a thriller called His Loving Wife by Miranda Smith, and I can’t wait to tell you all about it.

So, Kate and her family are on vacation, one year passed the night when everything changed and a man broke into their home. When her husband Andrew surprises her with one more week away, she’s pleased, but that doesn’t take away that sense that nothing is quite resolved for their family. You see, it wasn’t just that a man broke into their home, it was someone Kate knew. Someone she once dated before she met her husband. But now it’s been a year since, and Paul – the man who broke in – is now in jail. So, it’s all behind them. Isn’t’ it?

Well, Kate wants to make the most of it, even with her daughter Willow’s moods, and her husband’s insistence on taking their son Noah out on the boat despite Kate’s reservations. Yet, Kate keeps thinking she sees flashes of a man that looks like Paul, and Andrew seems out of sorts too. Arguments spring up, and Andrew drinks too much.

In His Loving Wife, we are taken back to the past in the aftermath of the break-in, where we get a few more bits and pieces of Kate’s relationship with Paul, and how things start to fall apart with Andrew. In the midst of the past and the present, things accelerate to a shocking ending, making this an incredibly exciting thriller.

I will say as much as I enjoyed it that there were flaws here and there. Many times I had a hard time believing how volatile Andrew responded to his wife, and how combative he became. At the same time though, with how roped in Andrew got into this online group called “Second Chance,” I almost could see how someone with a weak self-image could get roped in and manipulated by people online.

As for the ending, it was definitely shocking and not what I was expecting at all. Admittedly, it required me to suspend to disbelief a little bit, and at times, it felt over the top. However, this was a really fun, exciting read that left me with wanting even more when I was done.

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Thank you to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.