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The Wrong Wife
One Husband. Two wives. One identity.
Melissa Hunter’s picture-perfect life is built on lies—and she’s done pretending. Trapped in a toxic marriage to Brad, a charming sociopath with deadly connections, Melissa hatches the ultimate vanish without a trace and leave someone else to wear her skin.
Enter Bettany broke, beautiful, and desperate enough to play along. Hired to impersonate Melissa for a day, Bettany is supposed to disappear quietly. Instead, she wakes up in hospital with no memory, severe burns, and a man claiming to be her adoring husband. But something is off and why does her best friend’s smile feel like a threat?
As the woman once known as Melissa pulls the strings from the shadows, a deadly game unfolds. But playing dead only works if you stay buried. And Melissa’s not done yet…
A dark, twist-filled psychological thriller with a killer hook and a haunting final twist, The Wrong Wife is perfect for readers who love Freida McFadden and Lisa Jewell
Melissa Hunter’s picture-perfect life is built on lies—and she’s done pretending. Trapped in a toxic marriage to Brad, a charming sociopath with deadly connections, Melissa hatches the ultimate vanish without a trace and leave someone else to wear her skin.
Enter Bettany broke, beautiful, and desperate enough to play along. Hired to impersonate Melissa for a day, Bettany is supposed to disappear quietly. Instead, she wakes up in hospital with no memory, severe burns, and a man claiming to be her adoring husband. But something is off and why does her best friend’s smile feel like a threat?
As the woman once known as Melissa pulls the strings from the shadows, a deadly game unfolds. But playing dead only works if you stay buried. And Melissa’s not done yet…
A dark, twist-filled psychological thriller with a killer hook and a haunting final twist, The Wrong Wife is perfect for readers who love Freida McFadden and Lisa Jewell
251 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 29, 2025
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November 2, 2025
Melissa Hunter is trapped in an unhappy marriage, and Bettany Clark is a woman with nothing left to lose. When a risky plan to switch identities for a day goes horribly wrong, both women find themselves backed into a corner. Forced to work together, they must outsmart a common enemy to regain their freedom before it’s too late.
This book starts strong, immediately reeling you in. It’s a fun premise with all the right ingredients for a solid thriller. My biggest issue was how repetitive this became, with a very stale formula of switching back and forth between Melissa and Bettany, who are often doing and saying nearly the same things on repeat. It’s difficult to build suspense when much of the plot is already laid out from the beginning, so the extended buildup ends up slowing the momentum down. While we do occasionally get chapters from side characters to add some variety, most of these, aside from Brad’s, feel like filler. I found both Bettany and Melissa to be likable and they show some growth throughout.
Unfortunately, this also features some of the worst editing I’ve seen in a long time. As someone who’s read over thirty advanced copies this year, calling this one the worst is saying a lot. On multiple occasions, characters who shouldn’t have known about the identity swap used the wrong name. A massive oversight considering that the secrecy of their identities is the entire foundation of the book's plot. Incorrect word usage and missing words within sentences were also noticeable.
For a debut, there’s huge potential here. A solid concept that just needed more polish and better execution, but a good first attempt. I received a free copy of this book, but this review reflects my honest and unbiased opinion.
This book starts strong, immediately reeling you in. It’s a fun premise with all the right ingredients for a solid thriller. My biggest issue was how repetitive this became, with a very stale formula of switching back and forth between Melissa and Bettany, who are often doing and saying nearly the same things on repeat. It’s difficult to build suspense when much of the plot is already laid out from the beginning, so the extended buildup ends up slowing the momentum down. While we do occasionally get chapters from side characters to add some variety, most of these, aside from Brad’s, feel like filler. I found both Bettany and Melissa to be likable and they show some growth throughout.
Unfortunately, this also features some of the worst editing I’ve seen in a long time. As someone who’s read over thirty advanced copies this year, calling this one the worst is saying a lot. On multiple occasions, characters who shouldn’t have known about the identity swap used the wrong name. A massive oversight considering that the secrecy of their identities is the entire foundation of the book's plot. Incorrect word usage and missing words within sentences were also noticeable.
For a debut, there’s huge potential here. A solid concept that just needed more polish and better execution, but a good first attempt. I received a free copy of this book, but this review reflects my honest and unbiased opinion.
November 15, 2025
I enjoyed the first quarter of the book, but then it went downhill. The editorial errors didn’t help, and toward the end it felt like reading the same page over and over — almost word for word in certain chapters. Dragged it out for zero twist or decent ending.
October 31, 2025
3.7 rating- I read this unedited…
I zoomed through this one, it had me on my edge of my seat, the whole time! Wow 😱 It’s hard to describe this one without giving it away, but you will definitely get sucked right into the story! Great story for it being the authors first book!!! So many twists and turns!!
I zoomed through this one, it had me on my edge of my seat, the whole time! Wow 😱 It’s hard to describe this one without giving it away, but you will definitely get sucked right into the story! Great story for it being the authors first book!!! So many twists and turns!!
October 4, 2025
Good concept and I raced through it. Not edited though - biggest mistakes being the "wrong wife" being addressed by two separate characters using her real name, which neither of them would have known!
November 18, 2025
I enjoyed the story itself, but I listened to the audio, which was narrated by “Virtual Voice”. It did not sound like a normal narrator and it was really distracting! I will not be wasting my time with another audio book by “Virtual Voice”.
October 8, 2025
holding my breath
This was definitely a “holding my breath” book all the way. I was on the edge of my seat with anticipation.
This was definitely a “holding my breath” book all the way. I was on the edge of my seat with anticipation.
October 17, 2025
Brilliant!
November 11, 2025
I really enjoyed the first 1/4 of the book. Super fun. Then it changed and just got super boring. No twist for a thriller. I won’t read this author again.
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