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Inheritance
A woman betrayed. A mother she never knew. A legacy that changes everything.
Faith Harrington-Reeve has spent her career crafting flawless worlds for other people’s stories. As a celebrated Manhattan editor, she thrives on control, polish, and the perfect illusion… until one glittering night destroys it all. At a prestigious publishing gala, Faith and her daughter witness her husband—her partner of thirty years—kissing Faith’s lifelong best friend. Within hours, the scandal explodes across Manhattan, and the life she built collapses under the brightest lights.
One betrayal shatters her life.
One secret family changes it forever.
Retreating from the public fallout, Faith is hit with another her estranged mother has died, leaving her a secluded Montauk estate—along with three sisters she never knew existed.
In the quiet of the coastal home, Faith uncovers hidden journals, sealed letters, and clues pointing to a powerful man her mother vowed to protect. The deeper she digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes—and the more strained her fragile connection with her newfound sisters grows.
Someone wants the Harrington secrets buried.
Finishing the memoir Faith begins could detonate a political secret with the power to unravel them all.
A gripping, emotional women’s fiction drama of betrayal, buried truths, and a family legacy waiting to erupt.
Faith’s story is only the beginning—and the truth may upend everything.
Faith Harrington-Reeve has spent her career crafting flawless worlds for other people’s stories. As a celebrated Manhattan editor, she thrives on control, polish, and the perfect illusion… until one glittering night destroys it all. At a prestigious publishing gala, Faith and her daughter witness her husband—her partner of thirty years—kissing Faith’s lifelong best friend. Within hours, the scandal explodes across Manhattan, and the life she built collapses under the brightest lights.
One betrayal shatters her life.
One secret family changes it forever.
Retreating from the public fallout, Faith is hit with another her estranged mother has died, leaving her a secluded Montauk estate—along with three sisters she never knew existed.
In the quiet of the coastal home, Faith uncovers hidden journals, sealed letters, and clues pointing to a powerful man her mother vowed to protect. The deeper she digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes—and the more strained her fragile connection with her newfound sisters grows.
Someone wants the Harrington secrets buried.
Finishing the memoir Faith begins could detonate a political secret with the power to unravel them all.
A gripping, emotional women’s fiction drama of betrayal, buried truths, and a family legacy waiting to erupt.
Faith’s story is only the beginning—and the truth may upend everything.
294 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 5, 2026
About the author
Kimberly Thomas
50 books233 followersKimberly Thomas has a passion for writing heartfelt stories that resonate with her readers. With two adult children and a loving husband, she understands the complexities of family dynamics and uses this knowledge to create relatable characters. When she's not writing, she loves to travel and explore new cultures. She finds inspiration in the people she meets and the places she visits, and often incorporates her experiences into her stories.
Kimberly specializes in feel-good women's fiction, clean and wholesome contemporary romance. Her stories focus on love, loss, and the everyday situations that families face. Her writing style is engaging and relatable, and she has a talent for drawing readers in and keeping them hooked until the very end.
Kimberly specializes in feel-good women's fiction, clean and wholesome contemporary romance. Her stories focus on love, loss, and the everyday situations that families face. Her writing style is engaging and relatable, and she has a talent for drawing readers in and keeping them hooked until the very end.
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May 25, 2026
Great book!
May 23, 2026
Interesting story!
Wow, this is an amazing story. Faith is a writer and an editor. Her life is not what she thought it was. I can't wait for the next book to come out.
Wow, this is an amazing story. Faith is a writer and an editor. Her life is not what she thought it was. I can't wait for the next book to come out.
May 21, 2026
Riveting
Riveting. Very good read and hard to put it down. Can't wait to start book two and dig into it
Riveting. Very good read and hard to put it down. Can't wait to start book two and dig into it
May 6, 2026
This is book one in a new series from this author.
Faith is attending a party in her honor when she’s confronted by a betrayal. The dust has barely settled from that when she inherits an unexpected legacy.
This is a well written story. It feels intense at times and is full of secrets. I’m looking forward to the next one in this series.
Faith is attending a party in her honor when she’s confronted by a betrayal. The dust has barely settled from that when she inherits an unexpected legacy.
This is a well written story. It feels intense at times and is full of secrets. I’m looking forward to the next one in this series.
May 12, 2026
Good beginning to a new series. Secrets and Intrique come to light. Publishing power figure Faith learns the truth about her marriage to another publishing mogul. On the heels of her divorce secrets come to light about Faith’s path.
New family dynamics have a muddled mess of secrets, politics, and unknown family ties. Resentment also affects new relationships. With her new legacy comes danger and insecurity.
Thank you to the author for this ARC. This review is my honest opinion.
New family dynamics have a muddled mess of secrets, politics, and unknown family ties. Resentment also affects new relationships. With her new legacy comes danger and insecurity.
Thank you to the author for this ARC. This review is my honest opinion.
May 7, 2026
People say your life can change in a moment and Faith learns that first hand. While being celebrated for an amazing career as an editor, she learns her husband is cheating with her best friend. Then within hours, Faith receives a call that her mother has died. However, it's not the mother who raised her.
Finding out she is adopted is certainly a shock but uncovering why and family secrets may be more shocking.
All ng with family secrets, come 3 sisters are not quite happy to learn about Faith. Can they come together as a true family while grieving a mother and uncovering truths?
This story was the perfect intro into the Harrington family and I can't wait to reach more about all the Harrington sisters.
Finding out she is adopted is certainly a shock but uncovering why and family secrets may be more shocking.
All ng with family secrets, come 3 sisters are not quite happy to learn about Faith. Can they come together as a true family while grieving a mother and uncovering truths?
This story was the perfect intro into the Harrington family and I can't wait to reach more about all the Harrington sisters.
May 7, 2026
Inheritance is book 1 in the House of Harrington series by Kimberly Thomas 4.5 stars
What a start to this new series with the twists, turns, tensions, betrayal, secrets, journals, mystery and when you think it’s done the hits just keep coming…can’t wait for the next book in this series…
I voluntarily read a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
What a start to this new series with the twists, turns, tensions, betrayal, secrets, journals, mystery and when you think it’s done the hits just keep coming…can’t wait for the next book in this series…
I voluntarily read a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Review of advance copy received from Author
Kimberly Thomas has given her readers the first book in a new series called The House of Harrington. Based on this book, the series is going to be a very suspenseful page turner.
Faith is a successful editor and ghost writer at a major publication house in Manhattan. She is married to the perfect man and they have two grown daughters. She finds out at a gala in her honor that her husband and best friend are having an affair. As her world begins to collapse in a very public scandal
she gets another major life surprise. She never knew that she’d been adopted until she receives a phone call from her biological mother’s attorney telling her that her mother had died and she needed to be at the reading of the will. She meets her three sisters that she never knew about and who are angry that their mother left Faith the family mansion and the family publishing house. When she begins to read her mother’s journals, she finds that her mother kept a lot of secrets - secrets that some rich and powerful people in DC wanted to keep buried at any cost
There is a lot of ground to be covered in the upcoming series about the family secrets and how they will affect Faith and her sisters. I read book one in one sitting and can’t wait to learn more about the Harringtons in the rest of the series.
Faith is a successful editor and ghost writer at a major publication house in Manhattan. She is married to the perfect man and they have two grown daughters. She finds out at a gala in her honor that her husband and best friend are having an affair. As her world begins to collapse in a very public scandal
she gets another major life surprise. She never knew that she’d been adopted until she receives a phone call from her biological mother’s attorney telling her that her mother had died and she needed to be at the reading of the will. She meets her three sisters that she never knew about and who are angry that their mother left Faith the family mansion and the family publishing house. When she begins to read her mother’s journals, she finds that her mother kept a lot of secrets - secrets that some rich and powerful people in DC wanted to keep buried at any cost
There is a lot of ground to be covered in the upcoming series about the family secrets and how they will affect Faith and her sisters. I read book one in one sitting and can’t wait to learn more about the Harringtons in the rest of the series.
August 7, 2026
"Inheritance"-A novel masterpiece.
A wife, a mother of two grown children, and a brilliant editor, Faith reels with a flurry of lifechanging blows. All she believed about her life turns to chaos as facts leave her no firm foundation. She inherits a seaside mansion and a well known publishing house after a will reading that stuns her and produces three siblings who are angered at her unexpected existence.
The author created a complex plot with believable characters and the gift of making the reader live vicariously in the story. Her eloquent writing glows beyond the five star rating available. The reader, living the three dimensional plot with superb writing, finds skimming impossible. I read long past midnight immersed in Faith's struggles and her daughter's help. How will she reconcile three furious siblings who feel cheated out of their inheritance? The grave danger of a long hidden truth coming to light involves the whole family. Don’t miss this incredible novel. You won't be disappointed!
A wife, a mother of two grown children, and a brilliant editor, Faith reels with a flurry of lifechanging blows. All she believed about her life turns to chaos as facts leave her no firm foundation. She inherits a seaside mansion and a well known publishing house after a will reading that stuns her and produces three siblings who are angered at her unexpected existence.
The author created a complex plot with believable characters and the gift of making the reader live vicariously in the story. Her eloquent writing glows beyond the five star rating available. The reader, living the three dimensional plot with superb writing, finds skimming impossible. I read long past midnight immersed in Faith's struggles and her daughter's help. How will she reconcile three furious siblings who feel cheated out of their inheritance? The grave danger of a long hidden truth coming to light involves the whole family. Don’t miss this incredible novel. You won't be disappointed!
May 7, 2026
Loved, loved, loved this read! This is such a strong and engaging introduction to the series, and it immediately pulled me in from the very first chapters. Kimberly does a fantastic job guiding the reader down the rabbit hole of the plot, slowly revealing layers that kept you hooked and curious about what’s coming next.
I especially appreciate how she introduced the different characters. Each one felt purposeful and well-placed within the story, appearing at just the right. Moments to build tension and keep the momentum going. The pacing was spot on, never rushed nor dragging. It left me eager to keep turning the pages.
If this book is any indication of what’s to come in the series, I can’t wait to see where the story goes next!
I especially appreciate how she introduced the different characters. Each one felt purposeful and well-placed within the story, appearing at just the right. Moments to build tension and keep the momentum going. The pacing was spot on, never rushed nor dragging. It left me eager to keep turning the pages.
If this book is any indication of what’s to come in the series, I can’t wait to see where the story goes next!
June 9, 2026
Inheritance
A gripping, emotional and painful story that has been locked away for forty-two years is about to break free from the secret places it's been locked away in. A mother's silence, A child deprived from knowing her family, and the political men that held the power of it all is about to be exposed. This was engaging, and a gripping read. I could not put it down. The characters are strong, loyal and very likeable. Going to grab book 2 in the series. Enjoy
A gripping, emotional and painful story that has been locked away for forty-two years is about to break free from the secret places it's been locked away in. A mother's silence, A child deprived from knowing her family, and the political men that held the power of it all is about to be exposed. This was engaging, and a gripping read. I could not put it down. The characters are strong, loyal and very likeable. Going to grab book 2 in the series. Enjoy
August 7, 2026
Captivating!
Just picking up the story had me captivated. Wondering how This woman was involved with Her family and daughters and friends and work. To find out most to Her family and daughters and friends and work. To find out most of her story was false from the beginning. An unexpected windfall happens with her inheritance. And she is thrown into Tumble Tumble of information that rocks her world
Just picking up the story had me captivated. Wondering how This woman was involved with Her family and daughters and friends and work. To find out most to Her family and daughters and friends and work. To find out most of her story was false from the beginning. An unexpected windfall happens with her inheritance. And she is thrown into Tumble Tumble of information that rocks her world
August 8, 2026
One of the BEST books I have read!
Kimberley Thomas holds the reader's attention with an ease of a skillful magician. Simply amazing. She builds each character with such finesse that you feel you have known them all your life.
I would recommend this book to both men and women who enjoy a well crafted story with unexpected surprises along the way.
The next book in the series awaits and I am looking forward to everything it promises!
Kimberley Thomas holds the reader's attention with an ease of a skillful magician. Simply amazing. She builds each character with such finesse that you feel you have known them all your life.
I would recommend this book to both men and women who enjoy a well crafted story with unexpected surprises along the way.
The next book in the series awaits and I am looking forward to everything it promises!
July 28, 2026
Good
The book was good. However, the story gets to drawn out. I kept having to push myself to get through it. I felt like the writer wanted page numbers not storyline. I will try second book .however it better speed up bit or I will put book down. Please move faster cause the storyline has me!!!
The book was good. However, the story gets to drawn out. I kept having to push myself to get through it. I felt like the writer wanted page numbers not storyline. I will try second book .however it better speed up bit or I will put book down. Please move faster cause the storyline has me!!!
August 22, 2026
Absolutely incredible
If you relate in any way to this book, it's definitely a must read! I did relate and it brought strong feelings about how a mother has a child, must give it up and then thinks about her child everyday of her life until the day comes she is discovered! This book is riveting!
If you relate in any way to this book, it's definitely a must read! I did relate and it brought strong feelings about how a mother has a child, must give it up and then thinks about her child everyday of her life until the day comes she is discovered! This book is riveting!
August 23, 2026
Compelling
Riveting, raw emotion throughout. A story of what so many women endured to save face, to avoid scandal , to protect the guilty not the innocent. A story of so many different perspectives. It has grabbed my emotions and attention, look forward to starting book 2. Kudos Kimberly Thomas!
Riveting, raw emotion throughout. A story of what so many women endured to save face, to avoid scandal , to protect the guilty not the innocent. A story of so many different perspectives. It has grabbed my emotions and attention, look forward to starting book 2. Kudos Kimberly Thomas!
July 25, 2026
EVery read exceptional
Its a must read and have tissue handy it's unlike anything you have ever read and you won't want to stop reading mabe all night. I don't usually give me ratings but I'm going to read anything this writer writes. Fantastic!!!
Its a must read and have tissue handy it's unlike anything you have ever read and you won't want to stop reading mabe all night. I don't usually give me ratings but I'm going to read anything this writer writes. Fantastic!!!
August 19, 2026
Awesome Read!
This book was so descriptive in every way! I felt like I was right there, a part of the characters, their lives, and everything that was happening. I can't wait for the next book!
This book was so descriptive in every way! I felt like I was right there, a part of the characters, their lives, and everything that was happening. I can't wait for the next book!
August 20, 2026
Just WOW!!
What an intriguing book#1! Can wait to read the next installment. Thomas is an excellent writer. I have never written a book review before, but this one has grabbed my attention.
What an intriguing book#1! Can wait to read the next installment. Thomas is an excellent writer. I have never written a book review before, but this one has grabbed my attention.
July 12, 2026
Excellent
This is the First book I’ve read by this author. I’m hooked and I look forward to reading more. of her work.
This is the First book I’ve read by this author. I’m hooked and I look forward to reading more. of her work.
July 16, 2026
spellbinding
It pulled me in and kept me hanging to the last page. I’m ready for the next chapter to unfold!
It pulled me in and kept me hanging to the last page. I’m ready for the next chapter to unfold!
July 21, 2026
Very good. Anxious to continue the story in Book 2.
July 22, 2026
Great
The author crafted an excellent storyline and demonstrated impressive expertise throughout. I'm eager to read the new books. More to come.
The author crafted an excellent storyline and demonstrated impressive expertise throughout. I'm eager to read the new books. More to come.
July 23, 2026
Inheritance the House of Harrington book 1
I read the synopsis and knew I had to read the book. It was a really good story and I look forward to reading the next book.
I read the synopsis and knew I had to read the book. It was a really good story and I look forward to reading the next book.
August 14, 2026
Excellent
Very interesting and Not easy to put book down.It pulls you right in with the characters.Can’t wait to see the outcome.
Very interesting and Not easy to put book down.It pulls you right in with the characters.Can’t wait to see the outcome.
August 15, 2026
A quick read with a story you want to keep reading to find out what happens. Looking forward to book 2
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