Can’t Wait Wednesday – The Guest by B. A. Paris

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by  Jill at Breaking the Spine.

I became a fan of the author after reading Behind Closed Doors. When I read this description, I felt the chills! Can’t wait to listen to this one and I’ve got a long time since it’s not scheduled for release until February.

Description
Some secrets never leave.

Iris and Gabriel seem to have it all: a beautiful home in the British countryside, a daughter happily working in Greece, and good friends Laure and Pierre from Paris, who they often vacation with. But when a young man has a tragic accident in a nearby quarry, Gabriel is the one to find him and hear his final words, leaving Gabriel with a guilty burden.

As Iris tries to help ease her husband’s trauma, they acquire an unexpected house guest. Laure has seemingly moved in after her husband’s revelation that he has had a child with another woman. Iris and Gabriel insist Laure stay as long as she needs. But Laure keeps wearing Iris’s clothes, following her every move, and asking her about the recent death of the young man.

Their only respite from the increasingly tense atmosphere in their own home comes from a couple new to town and expecting their first child. But with them comes their gardener, who has a checkered past.

With fractured relationships and secrets piling up around them, can Iris and Gabriel’s marriage survive?.

 

Book Info

• Release Date: February 20, 2024
• Audiobook Narrator: Emily Joyce
• Audio Length: 9 hours, 30 minutes
• Print/Digital Page Numbers: 320
• Publishers: St. Martin’s Press (print/digital) & Macmillan Audio (audio)

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