A chillingly unsettling psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins, Liane Moriarty , Shari Lapena and Clare Macintosh. Are you ready to question if everything in your life is really as it seems… The way Stella is treated and that she puts up with it just made me cross. You know there is a reason why, but even then I found it a bit unrealistic as it was not consistent with her general personality/character in other areas of the book to put up with this. The Marriage Lie is a tense domestic thriller with a psychogical edge. It's about the disintegration of Stella and Rob's marriage in tandem with the revelations of the past they share and have concealed. From the start, there is an edginess to their interactions and it is clear that Rob has been controlling the relationship from the start. Impossible to put this book down! I devoured it in just a few sittings. Kimberly Belle clearly knows how to keep a reader on the edge of their seat. I love her thrillers and cannot wait for her next!

Talk about Eva and her role in the novel. In fact, what do you think, overall, of the student body and their parents? Cam’s wife Jade and her two kids Beatrix and Baxter, (known as the Bee’s) pull into their garage never realizing there may be someone there hiding, waiting for them. Think about the movies Panic Room meets Funny Games: home invasion by dangerous intruder who threatens a woman and two children’s lives while her darling husband shared secrets bigger than my grandiose TBR list! Belle, Kimberly (1 August 2015). The Ones We Trust: A Novel. MIRA. ISBN 9781460382318– via Google Books.I’ll share a secret with you. I hate surprises and especially surprise gifts. Birthdays are anxiety ridden. I truly felt the emotion emanating from the wife. The author deftly explores the unexpected consequences for the giver as well as for the person on the receiving end of a surprise gift. Belle and her husband, a Dutch real-estate entrepreneur, have two children. She currently divides her time between Atlanta, Georgia, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ( From Wikipedia. Retrieved 5/7/2018.) This story expertly poses the question: Can you truly know someone if everything they've ever told you about themselves is a lie? And then attempts to answer this question through a plot overflowing with doubt and suspicion. You will question the validity of everything, and it is addicting, to say the least. The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle was a fast paced suspense thriller that kept me engaged right from the get go, but my rating isn't going to be a 5 will tell you why?

The pain and intensity the character of Iris goes through - it’s palpable and yet I’m sorry to say that her personality bugged me. And I mean, bugged me. Her all consuming love for a man that lied to her for the entire course of their marriage, it made my eyes roll! If you’ve read this, I hope you’ll understand why and not think ill of me.. In an instant, Iris’s life is shattered. A news report. A plane crash. Her husband’s name. A flight he wasn’t even supposed to be on. An impossibility. We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available; in the meantime, use our LitLovers Book Club talking points to help start a discussion for THE MARRIAGE LIE ... and then take off on your own: I have certainly enjoyed other books by this author so although this particular book didn’t grab me, it won’t put me off trying her next one. Ali decided she wanted to be a writer early on and wrote her first novel when she was at primary school. She did an English degree and spent her early twenties working in various jobs in journalism, including as a reporter for the showbusiness newspaper The Stage. She started writing fiction in earnest after getting married, moving out of London to the Oxfordshire market town of Abingdon and starting a family. She has two children, a daughter and a son who is autistic and was diagnosed when he was four years old.

A family riddled with lies. A little girl who won't speak. What if keeping her safe means losing her forever? Cam Laskey is better known as the Steak King in Atlanta. And if you want a table at one of his premiere restaurants you may be waiting weeks (maybe months) for a reservation. But what’s really going on behind those kitchen doors? Belle, Kimberly (26 June 2018). Three Days Missing. Harlequin Enterprises, Limited. ISBN 9780778307716– via Google Books. Did you find yourself switching allegiances to characters as the novel progressed? Whom did you trust and then later begin to doubt? How does the author accomplish those shifting loyalties?

That’s the amount that Cam Lasky, famed chef and restaurant owner, will have to pay in cash if he wants his wife and two children to live. This one had an interesting story telling technique where the storyline of the home invasion alternated with Cam giving an interview to a reporter in the future. When Janette answers the door to a potential customer looking to board his dog, she never imagines he has nefarious plans.It's a race against time...as Cam the well loved celebrity chef must pull out all the punches and make the ransom money deadline....or things won't end well. Argh! This is tense! Tenser than any random L. A. woman’s forehead who has been injected Botox at least hundred times! Jade and her two children were held hostage by a masked invader while her infamous husband, Cam, trying to deliver a specific amount of money…