The reader watches with shock and delight as Amber cold-bloodedly manipulates Daphne and Jackson and lays waste to anyone else who stands in her way. With singular focus, Amber moves in on the glamorous couple, befriending Daphne and ultimately seducing Jackson as part of her master plan to become the next Mrs. Coming from an impoverished background in Missouri, Amber sets her sights on Daphne and Jackson Parrish, a wealthy couple living with their two young children, Bella and Tallulah, in the tony coastal community of Bishops Harbor on Long Island Sound. To the pantheon of Gone Girl type bad girls you can now add Amber Patterson, the heroine of this devilishly ingenious debut thriller. Parrish is a fresh, juicy, and utterly addictive thriller from a diabolically imaginative talent. With shocking turns and dark secrets that will keep you guessing until the very end, The Last Mrs.

But a skeleton from her past may undermine everything that Amber has worked towards, and if it is discovered, her well-laid plan may fall to pieces. Before long, Amber is Daphne’s closest confidante, traveling to Europe with the Parrishes and their lovely young daughters, and growing closer to Jackson.

Amber uses Daphne’s compassion and caring to insinuate herself into the family’s life-the first step in a meticulous scheme to undermine her. To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne-a socialite and philanthropist-and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight out of a fairy tale.Īmber’s envy could eat her alive. She deserves more-a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted. She’s tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. equally as twisty, spellbinding, and addictive as Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl or Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train.”-Library Journal (starred review)Īmber Patterson is fed up.

And there is a thrilling twist at the end!!' -Reese Witherspoon 'Filled with envy, deception, and power, it’s a great reading escape. THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND DECEMBER PICK FOR REESE WITHERSPOON'S HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUBįeaturing a sneak peek at Liv Constantine’s second novel, THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU

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