I Can't Wait for... The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins (Can't-Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday) #CWW #WOW #womensfiction #amreading @StMartinsPress

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I've been a fan of Rachel Hawkins with her trademark sass and humor for a long time. I've met her in person and she's just as much of a riot. I could literally listen to her all day. She just makes me laugh. Lol! Literally. 😉 Her newest is actually in the adult genre and a contemporary suspense retelling of Jane Eyre. I've only read her young adult releases, so I'm curious how she handles the switch. Either way, it will be interesting to read her take on a classic I love and is sure to be entertaining. It's my pick this week...

The Wife Upstairs

By Rachel Hawkins

Women's Fiction, Suspense, Romance, Retelling

Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook & ebook, 304 Pages

January 5, 2021 by St. Martin's Press

Summary

A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, Rachel Hawkins's The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda.

Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates––a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name.

But her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. Recently widowed, Eddie is Thornfield Estates’ most mysterious resident. His wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. Jane can’t help but see an opportunity in Eddie––not only is he rich, brooding, and handsome, he could also offer her the kind of protection she’s always yearned for.

Yet as Jane and Eddie fall for each other, Jane is increasingly haunted by the legend of Bea, an ambitious beauty with a rags-to-riches origin story, who launched a wildly successful southern lifestyle brand. How can she, plain Jane, ever measure up? And can she win Eddie’s heart before her past––or his––catches up to her?

With delicious suspense, incisive wit, and a fresh, feminist sensibility, The Wife Upstairs flips the script on a timeless tale of forbidden romance, ill-advised attraction, and a wife who just won’t stay buried. In this vivid reimagining of one of literature’s most twisted love triangles, which Mrs. Rochester will get her happy ending?

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Will you be reading this one?