The First Wife's Secret by Claire Amarti

"I couldn't put it down. If I wasn't reading it I was thinking about it!" - Goodreads
"A brilliant read, had me engaged from the start!" - Booksirens
"Sucked me in from the beginning and did not let go!" - Netgalley
"Perfect quarantine/beach/bad weather book!" - Goodreads

"I'm glad you're all here today." My father raises his glass of champagne high. "Because there's something I've been wanting to share with you all."
The way my stepmother's looking at him, though, I can tell right away Dad's gone off-script. He looks out over the crowd and rubs his hand across his sweat-beaded forehead. He's shaking, I notice. Emotion, or just the heat of this scorching afternoon? And then he looks my way - his glance is absolutely piercing - and suddenly, in the next moment, his knees buckle. The glass drops from his hand and smashes like a grenade, an explosion of deafening silence.
My father is lying face-forward in the grass.
"Somebody call an ambulance," a voice shrieks.
And the world as I know it ends.

Dinah Spencer is back in her childhood home for one stressful weekend: the twenty-five-year anniversary of her father's marriage to his second wife, Dinah's stepmother. Those twenty-five years haven't all been happy ones for middle child Dinah, but she's getting ready to put the past behind her, keeping the bonds of family strong for her daughter Josie's sake - until her beloved father collapses in the middle of his anniversary speech.

Youngest daughter Lottie Spencer must struggle to keep her family afloat in the wake of her father's shocking cardiac arrest. Her mother, the ever-capable Mara, suddenly seems disturbingly fragile. Then there are Lottie's two older step-sisters, Vaughan and Dinah, whose own private lives are clearly fraying at the seams. And then there's that mysterious box in the attic, belonging to her father's beautiful, mysterious first wife. A box whose explosive secrets Lottie is only just starting to unravel...

Whose secrets would you keep, to protect the family you love? Family secrets abound in this gripping, suspenseful, and ultimately uplifting page-turner about buried pasts, little white lies, and the twists and turns that finally lead us home. Perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Kerry Lonsdale, Emma Davies, and Nicole Trope.

READERS ARE LOVING THE FIRST WIFE'S SECRET

"An Unforgettable Book! Family dynamics with emotions ranging from love to anger, from fear to terror and every emotion in-between, make this a book that is hard to put down. Secrets galore between two families and between family members makes this a book readers will remember for a long time." -Goodreads

"I will continue reading every book this author writes. An emotional drama with many twists and turns; ones I never expected. I read this in one day, because I couldn't put it down, it was that great!" -Goodreads

"Beautiful.the characters were all so full of life and so believable as real people. I totally became a part of this book and the lives of the Spencer family. I loved the way the story came together at the end and the epilogue was a big surprise." -Goodreads

" If you haven't read this book yet you should, I read it in just a few days I couldn't put it down!" -Goodreads

"I fell in love with this author after reading The Silent Daughter and this book just made me love her even more! The emotional insight and the depth of the characters and what they're going through... I felt it all so much!" -Goodreads

" A page turner, such a good read, hard to put down, highly recommend! A good book club read for a discussion. " -Goodreads

" A fantastic story...a wonderful theme of second chances. Five stars!" -Goodreads

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