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Review: The Silent Woman - Minka Kent

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      Review: The Silent Woman - Minka Kent - September 2022 One of the authors I have enjoyed is Minka Kent and her mysteries, I do also love her romances under her other pen name Winter Renshaw. So it makes total sense that I enjoy both names. In The Silent Woman, we meet newlywed Jade Westmore. Jade finally has a perfect life and perfect house and what she believes is the perfect man. Jade believes her husband is a caring man as he still looks after his first wife Sylvie. She lives in the backyard cottage and has full-time care. One day, her nurse leaves for a family emergency and Jade steps up. Jade introduces herself and Sylvie gives her a note "RUN". Now Jade can't stop thinking about it and is now determined to get to the bottom of what happened and learn what she can about Sylvie and Well's relationship. What happens though when she learns that all is not what it seems and that the night of Sylvie's accident, something more sinister happened? Can Jade get...

Review: The Husband We Share - London St. Charles

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Review: The Husband We Share - London St. Charles - September 2017 After reading King of Chatham by London St. Charles, at the back of the book were some blurbs for her other books and The Husband We Share captured my interest straight away and so I went on KU and grabbed it and read it almost immediately. In a way, this book reminded me of an African American version of Taryn Fisher's The Wives. In this book, we have married couple Xavier and Patricia Carter. We met those two characters in King of Chatham as Patricia was the pharmacist and Xavier - the policeman. In the town of Chicago, there is a police officer who is living a double life and it's about to close on him and fast. His secret - he has two wives who don't know about each other. His first wife Patricia - he has been married to her for 18 years and has a son named Junior and his second wife - he has been married to her for 10 years. Due to his second wife Lauren's nightmares and sleepi...