Author: Rachel Hawkins
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Date Published: January 9, 2024
I am so glad I decided to pull this book next from my TBR pile! Wow! This might be my favorite Rachel Hawkins book to date!
I love how she has written Ruby, a strong woman determined to make sure that her legacy is left in the right hands. And so, enter Camden, her adopted son (describing a picture he was forced to pose for, “I looked like a f***ing ventriloquist’s dummy who’d come to life in an assisted living facility”). This is really the story of three people, Ruby, Camden, and his wife Jules.
“We’re so close now, and soon, everything I’ve done will be worth it. And I will tell him. All of it, the whole story, no lies between us, just like it’s always been.”
Jules is the catalyst for reuniting Camden with his estranged family. She believes that once he’s away from their tiny rented apartment in Colorado and back in the huge house on the estate he’s heir to in North Carolina, he’ll see how good life could be for them. Of course that’s not the case. His cousins Ben and Libby, and Nana Nelle, are firmly entrenched in the house, a condition of Ruby’s will. And they spare no love for Camden, although Ben is intrigued by Jules’ witty repartee.
And of course there are Ruby’s secrets. All those dead husbands. That time she disappeared in the mountains. And finally, the way she died. The perfect combination for a suspense-filled novel.
Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advance reader’s copy.
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