I would have liked to have seen more into Simon’s past than the few glimpses we had because I think it would have explained more about him. But he had deeper motives than we could have ever expected. Simon is not someone to be trusted, but for the first half of the book or so, I thought he was doing everything for Nina and her family because he loved her. Sure some of it might have been a little predictable, but those twists had me questioning everything I thought I knew about this book and the characters. The story has some massive twists and turns that I did not expect.

Simon Fitch seems to care for Nina and her children, but does he really or is there something more in his motive? Nina, despite everything, has moved on with her life and has found love with someone new, Simon. Maggie believes her dad is still alive even though it has been 18 months and his body was never found and there has been no word from him. This book is told from several POV but primarily Nina, the mom, and Maggie, her daughter. Especially when everything was coming to a head in the last 15% of the book and my heart was racing fearing for the characters. You know in horror movies when you shout at the screen “don’t go in there” or “get out of there now”? Well, there were several places in this book (especially near the end) where this is what I wanted to shout at Nina. A man is missing, but is he dead or did he run off with someone else? This could not be more true than in this new release. Psychological thrillers give us a peek into the twisted mind of a psychopath. She wants so badly to believe her life is finally getting back on track, but she’ll soon discover that the greatest danger to herself and her children are the lies people tell themselves. Nina works hard to bridge the divide that’s come between her daughter and Simon. Nina’s teenage son, Connor, embraces Simon as the father he wishes his dad could have been, while her friends see a different side to him, and they aren’t afraid to use the word obsession. Simon, a widower still grieving the death of his first wife, thinks he has found his dream girl in Nina, and his charm and affections help break through to a heart hardened by betrayal. Now, a year and a half later, Nina has found love again and hopes she can put her shattered world back together. But with Glen gone―presumably drowned while fishing on his boat―she couldn’t confront him about the affair or find closure to the life he blew apart. Nina Garrity learned the hard way that her missing husband, Glen, had been leading a double life with another woman. He would never betray her like her first husband. He knows all her favorite foods, music, and movies.

The new husband dj palmer