I was invited to read this book.. and thanks to netgalley for it.
It was a twisted tale that pulls the reader in
Would recommend to others

My goodness what a twisted tale! This is my.forst read by Valerie Keogh but it won't be my last. From the first chapter I was pulled in and the chokehold kept me hanging on until the end. What an ending it was! Thank you for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I couldn’t really get into this. The cover drew me in. The beginning had my attention but then it quickly faded. Just a book about two women fighting over one man. Didn’t really care for the characters. Just ok.

Hannah Parker will do anything to get what she wants... A thrilling read that keeps you turning the pages, recommended!

Great page turner. Short, fast paced chapters with enough intrigue and twists to keep the reader guessing. Although not my favourite of Valerie Keogh’s books, it was still a one day read for me. I like how she writes. I look forward to her next one.
Thank You to NetGalley and to Boldwood Books for the invitation to read an ARC of The Mistress.

Thanks to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this Advanced Reader’s Copy of The Mistress by Valerie Keogh due to be published March 25, 2024.
After Hannah Parker’s husband finds out she’s been lying to him, she leaves – wondering who she can con next to give her the life she thinks she deserves. She stumbles upon a picture of her old flame, Mark, that she brushed off twenty years ago. So what if he’s married to Susan and has a child – Hannah is still going to see if she can get him back. Hannah just has to remember her three simple rules about lying – keeping the lie simple, remembering which ones you’ve told, and to whom.
Hannah is a hard character to like – she is conniving, manipulative, deceiving, cunning, scheming (shall I go on?) and other words I don’t think I can put in an online review!
I read this in a few hours – I couldn’t wait to see if Hannah got what she wanted or if someone would turn the tables on her, and I was not disappointed!
It had me hooked from the first chapter and was full of drama, love, and hate.
This was a new author to me, but I see she has many other books already published, so I will definitely read more of Valerie Keogh’s books!
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A really good thriller from one of my favourite author’s. Valerie Keogh writes intelligent and well thought out thrillers and this was another great one, lots of twists and turns, I did wonder how it would pan out.

This was an OK book for me. Nothing really special or unique about the characters but the execution made up for the unoriginal plot.

Thrilling and full of emotions. This is a battle between two women who knows what they want and who they want.

Thanks Netgalley and Boldwood Books for the ARC!

Drawn in from first pages full of twists and turns an author I will be following.Thanks boldwood books for my copy.#netgalley #boldwodbooks

Thank you Boldwood Books and NetGalley for an early copy of The Mistress. This was a good one! It kept me wanting to read more and more. It did seem to rain every time at Ivan’s place. When Ethan did give the report, I was shocked. I liked Susan, I’m glad she dug deeper and where her life seemed to be going in the end. The cover caught my eye. Fast paced which I like.

Hannah married an old man for his money. She has always believed she can get any man she wants. Her husband, Ivan, wants a child and Hannah doesn't. He beats her viciously and she knows that she has to get out of this marriage.
Mark is an old flame of Hannah's from university. He is a goodlooking but unambitious and weak man. His wife Susan has pushed him to the success he now enjoys.
She adores him, but when he hooks up with Hannah, she knows she has to fight for her man.

I love Valerie Keogh's books! And this one was no exception. It was fast paced, and truly unputdownable. None of the characters were really likeable, and I did not like Susan until the end of the book. She showed such strength, and I admire her for it.

However, the ending was a disappointment for me. I wish Hannah's mother's character had been developed and there was an explanation as to why she hated her daughter so much.

Thanks to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for the opportunity to read this book.

Oh my, Hannah the beautiful, Susan the dutiful, and Mark wanted by both. Hannah's problems started at age ten when her beloved father left, another woman, or just a more exciting life, it started a vicious cycle for Hannah, of rich older men in exchange for sex and presents of money, after all, it got her through college. Susan picked up the pieces after Hannah ditched a college-age Mark, he was too young, and he made the mistake of falling in love with Hannah. Susan's only child, Drew, has left for College, and she has a severe case of empty nest syndrome, instead of feeling sympathetic, Mark is captured by Hannah, who has decided Mark is just what she has been missing. Given the instability of all three people involved, you can feel the danger building, it takes many chapters, but it comes, in all of its horror!
I recommend.
Thank you,
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This novel gives new meaning to the term "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned (or spurned)" as both Hannah and Susan have reason to worry about their respective husbands! Beautiful Hannah marries 70-year-old Ivan who takes his anger out on her physically; Susan finds a receipt in Mark's pocket that suggests he's been unfaithful. What follows is a nail-biting thriller that involves several family members, secrets, lies, and a PI who is shady as well. It will have you cheering for women everywhere who feel the need to discover the truth about cheating men!
Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

Fast paced right to the last chapter and then what I felt was an abrupt ending and not one I was expecting. Having said that I had to keep reading it until I was finished.

The Mistress is Valerie Keogh’s latest fast paced thriller that I could not put down. The ending was great. A few twists thrown in that she loves to do makes this a fantastic read! Looking forward to more by this great author! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this early release in exchange for my honest review. To be published March 25, 2024.

Thank you Netgalley and publishers for giving me this amazing opportunity to arc review this book.
An exciting plot with so many twists and adventures that keep you wanting to read more. It was fast paced and kept me hooked and made me finish this book in a day.

I am a big fan of this Author her books always pull you in from the first page and this one was another addictive read. Hannah has had enough of her husband's abuse he a lot older than her it was always the money that kept her there. when she is recovering from his latest abuse on her she finds an old photo of an old boyfriend Mark. and decides she will get him back at any cost to others Susan is Marks wife and she certainly no pushover and at the moment she fells lost with her son going to university. Hannah is very cold but very good at getting the men she wants as the hussy she is. But Susan will fight to keep what is her s its an amazing read so recommend this authors books

A quick and easy read with the chapters offering us the contrasting perspectives of the mistress, anxious to rekindle the uncomplicated relationship she enjoyed 20 years ago with her student boyfriend, and the wronged wife. The novel builds up promisingly to the point where the wife confronts the mistress, but from then on, the resolution was too melodramatic and contrived to be wholly convincing. It was a pity because the characters of Hannah, the mistress, and Susan, the wife, were well developed up until the finale and the novel deserved a better ending.

Twists and turns kept this mystery going. Evil characters…secrets and red herrings…no redeeming daughters or other family members…even the mothers are not what they should be. One bad action after another…this author kept me guessing until the last word. Another frightening book by a talented author. How could so many people be so awful? This book was sent to me by Netgalley.

Wonderfully written. Keep you wanting to keep reading! I finished it in a day! My first read by this author and I’ll be reading more