Join us at our Middleburg Heights Branch for a conversation with Kaira Rouda, author of "Jill Is Not Happy."
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https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/13099813
Rouda is an award–winning USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her novels of domestic suspense include "The Widow," "Somebody’s Home," "The Next Wife," "The Favorite Daughter," "Best Day Ever," "All the Difference," "Beneath the Surface" (optioned for a feature film), "Under the Palms," "The Next Mrs. Strom," and "Only the Nanny." To date, Rouda's work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Three of her novels have been named Amazon Editor’s Picks for Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense. "The Next Wife" was one of Suspense magazine’s Best Books of 2021 and won a 2022 Silver Falchion for Best Suspense Novel. It was also a 2022 Silver Falchion first runner-up for Best Book of the Year.
In "Jill Is Not Happy," from the outside, Jill Tingley has it all. She’s married to her college sweetheart Jack and they’re living the dream in Southern California. Wealthy, popular and genetically blessed, theirs seems to be an enviable life, though they’ve grown distant in recent years. Newly empty nesting with their daughter Maggie away at college, Jill suggests a road trip to reconnect. But the ugly truth is that Jack would rather do anything else than drive to Utah with his wife. He’s only stayed in this marriage because of a terrible secret from their past that has bound them together all these years.
Finally, Jack is finished with the charade of his marriage and plans to file for divorce as soon as they return, no matter the consequences. As it turns out, their shared dark history is only the tip of the iceberg Jill has been hiding. And so begins a cat-and-mouse game as a cunning wife—think Ripley in yoga pants—and a reluctant husband match wits and send each other to the edge—literally. All along, Jill tells herself that everything will be fine. She still loves Jack and knows they’re meant to be. She’ll do anything to keep him, just as she always has.
📕 Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.
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