My very favorite of Browne’s, which is saying a lot, because she is one of heck of a thriller author! Absolutely amazing. Twisted, thrilling, and chilling. This book is one you will pick up and not want to put it down, a 5 plus star!
Will be telling chapter chatter pub to read!

Twisty, dark and so well-written!

Nicole and Rebecca are best friends and swore they always would be so Rebecca is stunned when she receives a call from Richard, Nicole's husband, telling her that Nicole has committed suicide.

Rebecca spends some time with Nicole's letters and learns things about her friend she never knew, at the same time she is getting very close with Richard, whose grief is crippling.

Full of surprises and "zigs" just when you expect "zags", this one is a must-read!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

Sheryl Browne has written a gripping thriller that had me guessing until the very last page. The characters were evenly divided between those you loved and the ones you hated. I had to keep reading to find out what would happen next and who would come out on top in the end.

Rebecca attends the funeral of her best friend Nicole. They had been extremely close so Becky was not buying that her friend committed suicide. She befriends the grieving husband and tries to console the step-daughter as she digs into what really happened at the perfect show home. As she talks to the villagers and looks at Nicole's recent works she sees a dark, unhappy side that makes her wonder if her friend really had the charmed life. The deeper she looks into Richard's life, she finds things that horrify her and make her even more committed to avenging her friend's death.

WOW!!! Such an amazing book. I am in awe at this Author's talent. After her friend Nicole's suicide, Rebecca travels from France to the UK for her funeral. She is determined to find out why her friend, supposedly happy and in love with her husband, would take her own life. The road travelled in this book will have you ignoring all else in your life until you have finished the book. The ending left me hanging out to dry it was so unexpected. I can't wait to read her next book. Thanks to NetGalley, Bookoutre and the Author for allowing me to read and review this book.

I loved every page of this book. The characters were interesting, the plot was riveting, there was a disturbing undercurrent throughout, and the twist at the end was fan-freaking-tastic. This one is a must read for anyone who likes psychological thrillers!

The Second Wife by Sheryl Browne is an interesting story with some twists and turns. I enjoyed it, but would have enjoyed much more if I didn't have one of the main plots figured out almost immediately. I was given an early copy to review.

A twisty psychological thriller which starts slowly and races to the brilliant end. Rebecca's best friend dies by her own hand - or does she? Rebecca must get close to those who surrounded her friend and tease apart the intricacies of lies and evil. And once the awful truth is discovered, what will she do then? Read this one straight through since I needed to know what would happen next!

Sheryl Browne never ceases to surprise me. I don’t know how she keeps coming up with these amazing plots and characters. I’ve enjoyed everything she’s written so far but I think The Second Wife tops them all.
Rebecca attends her best friend Nicole’s funeral. A gifted artist, Nicole has had a troubled past. An uncaring mother and bullying father, followed by a controlling and sadistic husband, it seemed at last she had found happiness with property developer Richard Gray. Why then did she take her own life?
The book is cleverly written from multi viewpoints – Rebecca, Nicole, then Richard and his daughter Livy. Moving from past to present, the story of Nicole’s fated marriage to Richard and Rebecca’s subsequent search for the truth unfolds. From the beginning Rebecca is curious. Because of her abusive background she knew her friend lacked self-confidence and yet meeting Richard it appeared Nicole had at last been able to put the past behind her. So what went wrong? Was Livy as destructive as her friend’s texts led her to believe, or was Nicole really on the edge of a mental breakdown and her fears down to pure imagining? Getting close to Richard she hopes to discover what really happened.
Sheryl carefully weaves the story , gradually teasing out the truth through the thoughts of the various characters . It’s a great read, one you won’t want to put down. I actually managed to complete the book over two days. I simply could not leave it alone - yes it was that good!

Rebecca only wanted to help out – to be kind. Richard seemed so alone after his wife, Nicole, died, and Rebecca wanted to make sure he knew he had someone to rely on. But now she’s in Nicole’s immaculate house. Drinking from her favourite crystal wine glass. Keeping shoes in her orderly closet. Comforting her sweet and grieving step-daughter. It feels like Rebecca is living another woman’s life.

And as she gets to know the neighbours, Rebecca hears stories that make her wonder: was free-spirited Nicole happy in this perfect life, or did she feel trapped? Did she feel, as Rebecca is beginning to, that something wasn’t quite right?

Another perfect read for me! I can't get enough of this genre and this one did not disappoint. The Second Wife was a dark and twisted Psychological Thriller and it leaves you craving more. I just couldn't put it down until I knew what was going on with Rebecca.

Thanks to #NetGalley for the ARC of #TheSecondWife
Pub Date: 29 Jan 2019

Thank to Bookouture and NetGalley for an advanced read in exchange for this review.

Rebecca's friend, Nicole, committed suicide. She's attending the funeral and soon finds herself connecting with the widower, Richard. She finds herself wondering if Nicole was happy or was she trapped?

Predictable. I found myself saying "Are you serious?" in a not so good way. Come on, Rebecca. You are smarter than that. Not my favorite. From the beginning, it felt ridiculous.

WOW! Grabbed me from the BIG bam in the beginning all the way to the last word! Twisted, twisty, dark, compulsive roller coaster of a story! I couldn’t put it down.
Read this book!! I’m not giving anything away because it’s too full of twists that should not be spoiled!!
5 stars!

Thank you #Netgalley, the author and publisher for my free arc in exchange for my honest review. I’ll be posting my review on Goodreads and Amazon too.

Riveting book, except sorry to say it just fell apart towards the end. I think author tried to accomplish too much, tried to tie all the ends together, but for me it bordered a bit in the ridiculous. However, still an entertaining enough read, hence the three stars.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read this fabulous ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was so much better than her last book. Four lives intertwine Richard, Nicole, Rebecca and Olivia.... one or more of them is a sociopath. The story was so twisted and sometime you wonder if any one is innocent. Everyone has a past, but what happens when that past catches up to you? It was truly a great mystery; however, I don't think that the ending did the characters any justice for the good and bad.

What a fantastic psychological thriller. The plot is deliciously dark and the characters are intriguing. The twists in this book keep coming which makes it a great page turner.
Sheryl Browne is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors. A well deserved 5 stars.

Rebecca finally meets Richard, her best friend's husband at Nicole's funeral. Nicole was fun, caring and survived an abusive first marriage and was so happy to find love(real love) with Richard, the perfect man( according to Nicole). What then could have gone so horribly wrong that she felt her only option was to end her life? Rebecca might not have been there for Nicole before her death, but she is here now and determined to find out who is the cat and who is the mouse in this dark, disturbing, and twisted tale.
Chapters alternate between Rebecca, Nicole, Richard, and his daughter Olivia. We learn what led to Nicole's demise and what is happening now. The author wrote compelling characters that I was rooting for and some that I absolutely loathed. There was, of course, no way to bring Nicole back, but the truth, as well as all of the lies, are revealed.
This was a quick read as I was in 'page flipping mode' and I enjoyed the author's writing style. I will be looking out for her other books and watching to see what comes next.
I received a DRC from Bookouture through NetGalley.

Deliciously dark and cunningly compulsive this is a novel of manipulation, deceit and some very clever writing ensures that it seeps into every pore as you you are drawn into the out and out dangerous machinations, scheming and devious behaviour of some of the brilliantly portrayed evil characters. This really was a twisted book that I was loathe to put down when real life got in the way I detested some of the characters and that for me always is the sign of an excellent read ..so if you want a dark and twisted novel you have it here so please don’t miss it ....I loved and highly recommend it 4+ big fat stars !!
My thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Psychological suspense at its best. Who is good? Who isn’t? What happened? Do I really want to know? Secrets and more secrets waiting to be discovered.make for an excellent novel.

I could not put this thriller down so many twists and turns multilayered ,I raced through the pages will be reading more by this author.#netgalley #the secondwife #bookoture

I did enjoy this on the whole, but not as much as I wanted to. I can’t put my finger on it, but it lacked something at times. It was a good read overall however.

WOW! Rebecca attends her best friend's funeral. Nicole (Rebecca's best friend) had committed suicide by drowning in a river. Although her husband had tried a number of times to save her, the river was just too fast...

Rebecca lives in France yet wants to relocate to the UK, she also finds Nicole's widowed (Richard) husband attractive. Yet, Rebecca is a bit more clever than Nicole and handles Olivia (Richard's daughter) brilliantly. (Olivia comes off as a devious spoiled brat in her early 20's).

Back and forth timelines catch up with each other until the present (and all of the past) are brought into the spotlight.

An incredibly well thought-out plot - well developed characters held my interest throughout!

A must read!

Many thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for a great suspense read