Nell Cosgrove works for Classic Costumes and Props. She is married to Oliver Cosgrove. Now, she is managing the company as Oliver has chosen to sell his share of the business to co-owner, Mark and run his family’s wine importing business.

When Nell and Oliver met three years ago, Oliver was separated from his wife, Fiona and the mother of his daughters Ruby, 26, and Poppy, 18. After the divorce, Fiona fell apart and in support of their mother, their daughters do not like Nell. Even though Nell did nothing to cause the divorce, the young women still refuse to accept her.

With all the hours that Nell has to work for the company, she and Oliver do not to get to spend much time together which has taken a toll on their marriage. They have begun to see a marriage counselor. When Ruby and Poppy learn of this, they are delighted and hope to break up the marriage.

Nell hopes that she can get her stepdaughters to finally accept her. She feels that might be one thing that is making problems in her marriage. But she hasn’t seen anything yet as her world starts to crumble.

This is a good thriller with suspicion placed on numerous characters, but the latter part of the book is not what I expected. It’s tense and the actual ending is a real surprise. Enjoy!

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

"The devil doesn't come with horns - he comes disguised as everything you've ever wanted..."

Having read Amanda Brittany's brilliant thriller "Traces of Her" some years back, I was excited to see her pop up again this time paired with an author I've not yet read in Karen Clarke. But I had so loved the one thriller I had read by Brittany that I felt I couldn't possibly be disappointed in this new offering...especially given its intriguing premise. And I wasn't. And now I'm keen to check out Clarke's solo work!

Being the new wife to someone who already has grown children, or any children for that matter, is not an easy feat. There is bound to hurt and feelings of betrayal as well as abandonment. And then there is the prospect of a stepmother who has taken the place your mother used to hold dear as you father's wife. This is the conundrum Nell Cosgrove faces as Oliver's new wife. Though they have been married three years, his grown children Ruby and Poppy have refused to accept her as his wife. In fact, they seem to have made it their life's mission to split the couple up so that Oliver can return home and take up his proper place as their father and husband to their grieving mother Fiona.

But when Ruby catches wind of a marriage counselling session between Oliver and Nell, it seems they may not have to try too hard in their mission. Maybe just a few prods here and there, their marriage will crumble and the rest will fall into place. What could be simpler?

For Nell, it seems her troubles with Oliver are only the beginning. Strange things begin happening at work - simple things like a misplaced item or a diary mix-up to the more troubling occurrences like the wrong items being delivered, a slashed costume that was due for immediate delivery or even more concerning the tirade of bad publicity posted about her and the company on social media. And if that wasn't bad enough, she was receiving flowers or love notes from a supposed lover as well as texts alluding to their time together. And Oliver was present when every one of them were delivered. Of course Poppy was filled with a spiteful glee at this prospect and goaded her older sister Ruby into helping their father see the error of Nell's ways.

Nell knows she isn't having an affair or that she isn't making stupid mistakes at work. Someone seems to be out to get her, determined to destroy her life and her career...and she has no idea who that could possibly be. Or is it just bad luck or something more sinister at play?

Oh, how I love a domestic suspense tale! Layered with secrets, lies, deception, manipulation and gaslighting, THE NEW WIFE kept me engaged from beginning to end. I raced through the pages eager to uncover the truth of who or what was behind the vicious attacks. And why? But as no stranger to this genre I knew what to look for and what to look over...and I saw what no one else did. But that never ruins my enjoyment of a good story. As long as it keeps me turning the pages with those short snappy chapters I so so love and it keeps me intrigued and entertained throughout, then I'm happy.

THE NEW WIFE has everything you could possibly imagine in a domestic suspense thriller, right down to the creepy stalker and the hateful exes or stepchildren. Filled with red herrings and twists that still couldn't hoodwink me, I thoroughly enjoyed this easy thrill ride of a read and can't wait for more by either author or again as a duo.

Perfect for domestic thriller fans...need I say more?

I would like to thank #AmandaBrittany, #KarenClarke, #Netgalley, #JoffeBooks and #ZoolooTours for an ARC of #TheNewWife in exchange for an honest review.

This review appears on my blog at https://stinathebookaholic.blogspot.com/.

I found the characters impossible to like so I wasn’t quite as concerned with the resolution. It’s a good plot and there are good twists but I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought.

Fast twisty fun read. Grabs you from the start and takes you on a fun ride. Finished the book in one sitting. The writing flows and you're moving from one page to the other. And that ending? Yes please! Looking forward to the next book by these two.

THE NEW WIFE by Amanda Brittany & Karen Clarke.
Nell Cosgrove is the new wife who got it all. She married her handsome, wealthy boss within six months of meeting him. They live in a beautiful riverside home. She has a flourishing career.
The only problem is her two stepdaughters, Ruby and Poppy, who are fiercely loyal to their mother, and reject all her overtures.
But now everything is falling apart. Nell’s marriage is starting to crack. Her husband spends more and more time away on business.
She gets creepy text messages from an unknown admirer. He sends mysterious bouquets of flowers to her office. She starts making mistakes at work.
A really good read with good characters. Liked the story. 4*.

I unfortunately struggled to get into this book. The characters weren’t very likable, I had a hard time connecting with them. I found myself having a hard time getting through it.

Nell is Oliver‘s new wife, poppy and Ruby are his two daughters of his first wife Fiona. Nell couldn’t be happier everything in her life is perfect she’s married to a wonderful man has a great job and just tired a great assistant or at least that’s what she thought. When things start going wrong at her job and strange things start happening in her personal life she doesn’t know what to think. Her and her husband just started marriage counseling, but when things start showing up at her house that make it look like she’s cheating on her husband she doesn’t know what to think. She knows his daughters poppy and Ruby can’t stand her and even though he seems oblivious to it their hatred for her is obvious. With everything going on she’s so thankful for her counselor and her new assistant Sasuke. Soon things will get way worse long before they get better and by the time it’s all over her life will be unrecognizable to her. I love this book I don’t like a slow burn thriller in this book was fast paced and it was nonstop until the conclusion. They have some books where the twist or multiplied and that would be the case with “the new wife.“ I did only give it four stars, because towards the end when the bad person was being revealed there’s a part where I thought maybe the author went overboard but then she didn’t know if you read the book you know what I’m talking about the do not in anyway let that stop you from reading this awesome book by Amanda Britney and Karen Clark because it is so worth reading it was a really good book. I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

I didn't enjoy this book unfortunately! Domestic suspense is something I struggle to connect with! I didn't like the characters, they were all unlikeable and annoying in my opinion. I started to find myself skimming when I was halfway through the book, just to confirm my intial thought of how it was going to end. I think the genre is what half set me back so I do think a lot of people will enjoy this book!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the advanced reader copy!

This was a great book full of interesting characters. It was a gradual build up and not knowing who was the enemy added a lot of suspense . It was clever the way the story all linked together with these disfunctional people . I would highly recommend this book to my audience. Definitely a five star from me .

I struggled to get into this one or to really care. There wasn't any connection to the characters and there wasn't that tension that you usually find in thrillers. It wasn't the worst and luckily it's a quick book so you don't lose too much of your day over it. Its a decent way to pass tbe time but it wouldn't be my 1st choice.

Hard to get into. The characters are all very unlikable as I'm sure they are suppose to be.
But the chapters just dragged on making it hard to want to pick up or even finish.

Thanks to the authors, the publisher and NetGalley for an early release of this book

She Has It All…
Nell Cosgrove is the new wife. She has it all. Hasn’t she? Despite everything, the world of this new wife is about to fall apart in spectacular fashion. In all of that, who exactly can Nell trust? A psychological drama with a cast of mainly unlikeable characters but, no doubt, deliberately so. The plotline is somewhat predictable and rather less gripping than hoped with required tension lacking but a quick and twisty read.

I struggled with this one. I didn't care for any of the characters, and I wasn't able to stay engaged with the storyline. Even for fiction, it was too unbelievable, and the ending was predictable.

Thank you to NetGalley, Joffe Books and authors Amanda Brittany and Karen Clarke for an eARC of The New Wife in exchange for my honest review....

Nell Cosgrove is the new wife to Oliver who is a wealthy man that appears to have it all. Oliver has two daughters, Ruby and Poppy and they both dislike Nell brainstorming ways to make Oliver leave Nell and return to their mother Fiona.
Nell's perfect world starts to fall apart and she isn't quite sure whom she can trust.

After establishing each character's role and relationship to the main character Nell, I found the story to be juvenile but a quick read. While this story is the true definition of a psychological thriller focusing on the unstable emotional and mental state of its characters-I felt the characters lacked development. There should also be a trigger warning noting self-injurious behavior mentioned in the book.

An enjoyable read that hooked me right from the very start. Some of the twists were predictable but the final twist was unpredictable and keot me guessing.

THE NEW WIFE
by Amanda Brittany & Karen Clarke

The book is just ok. It was a book you could not really like anyone. It seemed like a book like too many others, and the ending was predictable. Sorry, this one was one I felt could have been more.

Thank you NetGalley and Joffe Books for the copy of The New Wife. I’m not sure why I could never connect to this book, maybe because it was all so predictable that there were no surprises or interesting character insights. I was especially disappointed because I loved The Island House. If you are looking for fast domestic suspense you will enjoy this book. I think maybe this genre isn’t for me.

A good read,Highly recommended a page Turner loved the description of the characters and can sympathise with all of them.A twist at the end of the story but read it for yourselves to see.

The New Wife by Amanda Brittany and Karen Clarke offers an intriguing premise of domestic suspense but, for me, didn't quite hit the mark as the page-turner I had hoped it would be.

Nell is a new wife who seems to have it all. Living in a beautiful home with her handsome boss turned husband, everything feels perfect, with the exception of her two stepdaughters, who are fiercely loyal to their mother and are intent on spoiling Nell's happily ever after by any means possible. When an unknown admirer of Nell makes themselves known, the new wife must rethink everything, and everyone, she thought she knew.

This was a quick read, though it never really gripped me, perhaps because I did not find any of the characters to be particularly engaging nor sympathetic. So while this one was not for me, I do look forward to the next collaborative effort of these talented authors. 3.5 stars

Many thanks to NetGalley and Joffe Books for an ARC.

I enjoyed this book and found it easy to engage into and intriguing. I disliked each character more than the next but this kept my interest and I read the book in a couple of sittings.
It’s a good psychological thriller and I’d recommend to anyone who likes this genre or these authors.