Book Description:
The night she moves in with Peter, she’s so happy, so exhilarated, so in love. Later, she will remember a much smaller feeling, a tiny one percent in her gut. And she will remember pushing that feeling aside…
Samantha Frayn doesn’t know why Peter Bridges picks her – a nobody with bitten fingernails and a troubled childhood behind her – but she falls quickly. He’s older, charming, likes fine wine and French films, and his beautiful home has real art on its walls.
Peter transforms Samantha’s life in an instant. He sees the better version of herself – the one she’s always wanted to be. It’s only normal that there’s a little friction, when she moves in, over domestic matters like where things are kept, or the proper times to eat, sleep and shower. She’s lucky to be with someone who can help her find a new job, move on from childish friends, and speak with greater sophistication.
But as Samantha notices, more and more, Peter’s temper, she starts to wonder if there might be consequences to breaking the rules of the world he has so quickly built around her.
And then she receives an anonymous note that makes her ask: is she the first woman to feel trapped by Peter? Is she being paranoid, manipulated, or could she be in danger?
You can tell the truth about your life, but someone needs to be listening. Someone needs to trust you. And someone needs to save you from the man you thought you loved.
My Thoughts:
The story starts off with Samantha and Peter on their honeymoon of which from that point on I was well and truly hooked.
As we get to know Peter and Samantha, Peter is quite the cliche character of a middle aged man who is a lecturer and who is definitely a ladies man. To a certain extent you can understand why Samantha falls for him but alarm bells were ringing, having me shout out to her to be careful. As is the usual case, sometimes we can’t see what is right in front of us. It’s easy to see how he gently manipulates her and my dislike for him grew the more the story went on.
I really enjoyed the pacing of the novel. This isn’t some fast paced thriller, yet the story is so engrossing you have to keep turning those pages. There is a wonderful build up of suspense which had my heart beat that little bit faster.
The Women really is an enthralling story to get yourself lost into. The pacing and tension throughout the novel was perfect for this genre of book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommended.
My thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for an advanced readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway.
The Women is available to purchase from Amazon. (Please note that link used is an affiliate link).
About the author
Amazon best selling author of ‘intelligent and haunting’ psychological thrillers VALENTINA, MOTHER, THE PACT and THE PROPOSAL. THE WOMEN out for pre-order NOW.
S E Lynes is a writer, tutor and mentor. Formerly a BBC producer, she has lived in France, Spain, Scotland, Italy, and now lives in Greater London with her husband, three kids and her dog, Lola.
After the birth of her third child, she completed an MA in creative writing from Kingston University. Her critically acclaimed debut, VALENTINA, was published by Blackbird Digital Books in July 2016. Her second novel, MOTHER was published by Bookouture in 2017, followed by THE PACT and THE PROPOSAL in 2018. In August 2018, VALENTINA was published in a new edition by Bookouture.
Susie Lynes has also published two children’s books in Italy: Il Leopardo Lampo and La Coccodrilla Ingamba, both available at Amazon.it
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Lovely review. I liked the book too
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Thanks Shalini x
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