Happy Wife by Maredith Lavender and Kendall Shores

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Picture this: you’re settling into your favorite reading nook with the salt air drifting through the window, and you crack open a novel so delicious, so twisty, that the pages practically turn themselves. Happy Wife is exactly that kind of book—the one that makes you forget about dinner, ignore your phone, and stay up way too late because you have to know what happens next.

Nora Davies is barely scraping by in ultrawealthy Winter Park, Florida, when she falls hard for Will Somerset—a prominent lawyer with everything she’s never had. Their whirlwind romance feels like a fairy tale, complete with a Cinderella-style wedding that sets the town buzzing. But the morning after his birthday party, Will vanishes without a trace.

What follows is a masterfully crafted thriller that weaves between their courtship and the increasingly desperate search for Will. As Nora fights to prove her innocence, secrets begin spilling out from behind the perfectly manicured lawns and country club smiles. The question echoing through every page: Where. Is. Will?

Jenna Bush Hager calls it “one of those delicious, fun summer books that you’ll open on the beach and never put down,” and she’s absolutely right. Writing duo Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores have crafted a clever, subversive page-turner that explores marriage, wealth, and the dangerous secrets we keep. Perfect for fans of psychological suspense with a glittering social edge.

This one’s a genuine can’t-miss read.

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