First published 2018
Vanessa lies in her aunt's New York apartment, her world shattered after discovering her ex-husband Richard is engaged to the woman he cheated with. At thirty-seven, she has no children, no money, and no real friends. Richard was her entire life. Now she imagines him whispering the same promises to his new fiancée that he once made to her. As obsession consumes her, Vanessa begins tracking the young woman who destroyed her marriage, stalking her and waiting for the right moment to stop the wedding. Meanwhile, Nellie seems like any other young woman starting fresh in Manhattan, sharing clothes with her roommate and struggling with credit card debt. But she harbors a dark secret from Florida that forces her to keep a baseball bat by her bed and triple locks on her door. When she meets Richard, he promises to keep her safe. Then mysterious phone calls begin. Someone moves her photograph in Richard's apartment. Her father's handkerchief disappears. As the wedding approaches, both women become trapped in a dangerous game where assumptions prove deadly.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Florida, Manhattan, New York
Period: 21st-century
351 pages · Kindle Edition · HarperCollins