Today it's a pleasure to take part in the BlogTour The Perfect Couple by Lisa Hall.
About the Author
Lisa loves words, reading and everything there is to love about books. She has dreamed of being a writer since she was a little girl – either that or a librarian - and after years of talking about it, was finally brave enough to put pen to paper (and let people actually read it). Lisa lives in a small village in Kent, surrounded by her towering TBR pile, a rather large brood of children, dogs, chickens and ponies and her long-suffering husband. She is also rather partial to eating cheese and drinking wine.
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About the book
When Anna applies to a job as a housekeeper for wealthy widow Nick, it’s a chance to start over – steady job, regular money means she can work towards her own place, not sharing a grimy flatshare with old mate, Mel.
As Anna gets to know more about Nick’s world – how likes his supper when he comes in from work, who his friends are – she can make sure everything is just as he wants it. And soon there’s a spark of chemistry between them. Nick likes having Anna around, and one evening invites her to stay…
There’s just the small issue of what actually happened to his first wife…
Rupert is distraught by the death of his beloved wife Caro. He lets his life fall into chaos and isn't sure whether he should be happy or annoyed by the good intentions of his wife's best friends. Enter Emily stage left.
More or less hiding from her previous life and an abusive ex, Emily sees an advertisement for a housekeeper and thinks it is the perfect way to rebuild her life. It seems as if the fates have spoken. A lonely widower and a frightened woman looking for safety. The two of them are drawn to each other, although Emily is possibly more attracted to the kind of life Rupert can offer her.
Bob's your uncle and they are man and wife, perhaps with a little too much haste. Emily becomes the target of harassment and that's without the bookend witches that guard Rupert and his virtue - they make mean girls look nice. Rupert is disappointed that his new bride appears a wee bit on the paranoid and oversensitive side. The sweet boat of matrimony sails upon rocky waters.
I like the way Hall thinks. This kind of twisted no man's land of guilt and innocence. Do two wrongs make a right, does the end justify the means?
It's a fast-paced intriguing domestic thriller, and Hall doesn't disappoint when she delivers the kind of ending that tends to make me smile. I do so love a bit of wickedness.
Buy The Perfect Couple at Amazon Uk or go to Goodreads for any other retailer. Publisher: HQ; pub date 22 Jun. 2020. Buy at Amazon com.
Read my review of Have You Seen her by Lisa Hall.
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