The Secret Mistress – ARC Book Review

Our first mistake was trusting him. Our second was underestimating how far we would both go to hide our own dark secrets…

THE Before my husband died, we were the perfect couple. Or so I thought. When a woman claiming to have been his mistress shows up on my doorstep with a child she says is his, I know she must be lying. Who is she and what does she want?

THE I don’t want to tell his widow the truth about the man she married. But if I don’t get what I need, everything will have to come out. And what I know has the power to destroy her life.

We have both done things we wouldn’t want anyone to ever know about. If anyone found out, it would be the end of us. But if she tells, I tell…

And someone will have to die before this is over…

An utterly addictive thriller that will have you gasping out loud! Perfect for fans of The Perfect Marriage, The Wife Between Us and The Wives .

When the book says A Heart Stopping Psychological Thriller with a Jaw Dropping Twist, you would expect a high standard in the book. But unfortunately, I didn’t really think that this was a heart stopping thriller.

Before her husband’s death, Maren and her husband Corey seemed to be a picture perfect couple. But after Corey’s death, Maren’s life suddenly turned upside down when a woman named Jade comes to Maren with her son Tai who she claims as Corey’s son. Jade wants money while Maren, who has been struggling with motherhood is desperately looking to have a child. This is a story of two women, both affected by Corey and how they fight for what they actually want.

The story started out strong. I did really have high expectation for this book as the story started out interesting, intriguing and strong. A woman is widowed and another woman claiming to be her husband’s mistress comes to the doorstep with her husband’s son. Both Maren and Jade have their own agenda–Jade wanted Maren to give her and her son a part of Corey’s estate and wealth. Maren meanwhile believes Jade is not fit to be a mother and is determined to get Tai as her own child. However, by the middle of the book, the story started out getting repetitive and boring. There wasn’t OMG moment in the book, which I really did expect from the book. As a reader you might feel sympathetic towards both the main characters but then couldn’t help that these mentioned incidents in the book might not really happen in real life. Overall, the ending seemed rushed and confusing in my opinion.

Overall, this book is only worth 3.5 stars. Although this book wasn’t as great as I thought, I am looking forward to read more from this author.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookoutre for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.