On the outside the Huxleys seemingly have the perfect life; wealth, looks, and adorable kids. But there is something sinister simmering under that flawless veneer. Elisabeth and Lucas Huxley are hiding many things, and once you find out what they are, it's quite shocking. This is a domestic portrait of a family about to implode from the weight of all the secrets they are carrying. Told in Elisabeth Huxleys POV and that of Heather's, the Huxleys gardener's daughter, who also has a blurred history with Lucas Huxley. In the end, no secret can stay buried forever. A solid read. Thank you netgalley and publisher for this ARC.

I say this a lot, but there was a lot going on here. Heather is back to her parents' home to help her dad as a gardener at the neighbor's fancy home. Lucas and Elizabeth have a seemingly happy marriage, but behind the scenes it's all manipulation and mental health struggles. This was another book that I really couldn't stand most of the characters and finished more out of spite than enjoyment. It wasn't terrible, but I didn't really enjoy it. The whole "who is telling the truth/who is crazy/who is being manipulative" thing gets old sometimes. 3 stars.

Trying to determine the truth makes for interesting reading and a whirlwind journey. Who to believe? Is Elizabeth really crazy? Is Lucas really evil? Is Heather delusional? One or all or none could be the answer. Very detailed story which comes at you like a speeding truck and doesn't let up until the twisty end!

This is the story of Elizabeth, Heather and Lucas. Elizabeth is married to Lucas, and they appear to be happily married. Heather, who has recently become their neighbour has history with Lucas. The big question is can Lucas be trusted? He appears charming and very likeable, but is all this a show, or is it his wife, Elizabeth who is the one you shouldn’t trust?

This book gives us a multitude of unlikeable characters!! I honestly struggled to work out who was lying and who was telling the truth, which is really unusual in a book like this as you can usually find one character that you can side with! The author perfectly wound up the tension and suspense and kept this high throughout the book.

Told from Heather and Elizabeth’s perspectives, this story makes you work for your money. Right from the beginning, the scene is set with the promise of secrets being revealed. It certainly doesn’t disappoint with little hints and clues being dropped into the storyline, bit by bit, until it’s time for everything to come tumbling out!!

This was, most definitely, a deliciously dark and twisted thriller which will keep you guessing until the very end. Concluding with an ending which you will never guess, it leaves you wanting so much more and, if anything like me, will send chills straight down your spine!! The author has done a fantastic job of making you doubt everything and everyone with so many lies, mistrust and deceit! Even after finishing it, I’m still not sure who I should believe!! Would definitely recommend!!

This book was awesome!!! This was a very different book. Normally I know which characters are good and which are bad. With this book it kept me confused (in a good way) on who was the bad character until the end. I felt very conflicted on the happenings in this book. At first I thought the husband was abusing the wife then I changed my mind when I found out the wide had mental problems. Then I changed my mind again and thought the husband was bad. This was my mind throughout the book. Then the neighbor in the book was just as confused as me. The husband was romantically after the neighbor throughout the book. At the end she had the choice of being with him or moving off. I feel she made the right choice. This book was very good through out the whole but but at the end I literally could not put it down because things stuff happening. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes a good mystery.

Elizabeth and Lucas Huxley have the perfect life to the outside world. A wonderful home. Money and staff.
Two of the staff are Gordon and his wife who live next door. They have maintained the gardens for years. However, then stellas sister is seriously ill, she goes to look after her. Leaving Gordon short handed . They call upon their daughter Heather to step into the breach and help out. She is desperate for the money.
During that summer we discover that Lucas and Heather have history. Everyone’s lives take on a twist. Who is lying who is telling the truth.
The underlying feeling of this book is abuse. In whatever form it takes.
The book started very slowly but you then got dragged in on a tidal wave.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the arc in return for an honest review.
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My Perfect Wife is a domestic thriller and it's quickly apparent that Elizabeth Huxley's life isn't all that it seems on the surface. There's plenty of suspense to keep turning the pages, but I found it a bit of a slow starter with too much information in the early chapters. I enjoyed the book, but I wasn't hooked.

Elizabeth and Lucas Huxley appear to have the perfect house and the perfect life, but when gardener Heather looks closer, that may not be the case.

I'm afraid I didn't love this one. I found the first 60% extremely slow going and nothing of interest really happened up to about that point. I understand the need for scene setting and character introduction but unfortunately I was just a bit bored.

The second half did pick up a bit and I became quite fascinated to find out who was telling the truth, but even that was a bit underwhelming in the end as the book left a lot of unanswered questions.

I am still not sure what to think about this book. It has left me with quite conflicted feelings. I enjoyed it but also felt a bit disappointed too.

It is a domestic thriller about a well off married couple called Elizabeth and Lucas Huxley who have in their employment staff for the maintenance of their designer house and grounds and also for help to look after their two children. Their life appears to be picture perfect, but is it? Elizabeth has a history of mental illness and worries her husband will take her children away from her. The book is written in her POV as well as Heather’s.

Heather is the daughter of the Huxleys’ gardeners and she has some history with Lucas. She returns temporarily to help her parents with their work.
Eventually a story comes together based on lies, secrets and betrayal and you try to work out who is telling the truth.

The book was very well written and so detailed that you could picture the house and its garden so clearly in your mind. It also had brilliant character development and there were many times towards the end when you wondered who was the person in the wrong but a lot of the excitement did not really happen until about 70% in. Previously to that point I just felt like I was reading a family drama and not really the thriller that I was expecting.

Overall it was just an ok read for me but I do think this will appeal to lots of readers who may appreciate it more than I did and who prefer domestic dramas.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Bookouture for letting me read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Had a hard time sticking to this one. Out but down so many times had to make myself finish it. Nothing really kept my attention. It was just an ok read for me.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. This was a real page turner that will have you guessing all the way through as to who is telling the truth. Would recommend.

Thank you to Clare Boyd, Bookouture and NetGalley for this ARC.

I was very disappointed in this book. The characters of Elizabeth, Lucas and Heather were unlikable. Lucas seemed to be a spoiled, manipulative brat, Elizabeth was just confusing, and Heather was very annoying. A major disappointment, as I liked Clare Boyd's other books.

I almost did not finish this, and ended up skimming pages towards the end. The ending was just strange, and a bit unfinished. What happened to Agata and Piotr? What happened to Heather's father?

Wooo! My brain feels like it’s on tumble dry.
I just finished My Perfect Wife by Clare Boyd and I loved it! The story alternates in perspective between two women, the wife, Elizabeth and the help, who knew the husband in a past life, Heather. Add in Heather’s parents who live next door to Elizabeth and an immigrant couple, who all work for Elizabeth and her husband and you have a recipe for a game of two truths and a lie! That’s all I’m going to say, you’re going to have to read this for yourself!
This was my first book by Clare Boyd, but it will not be the last! I am picking up her other books right now!!! Eeeeekkk! So excited!!!

Thank you NetGally, Clare Boyd, and Bookouture for this ARC!

I really enjoyed this book and read it in one sitting , for me , it wasn't quite as good as Clare's previous two but still fast paced and entertaining . When Heather steps in to help her dad to get the grounds ready for the Huxley's summer party she does not realise that the past will be raked up , Elizabeth and Lucas Huxley seemingly have it all , a fantastic house , 2 adorable children . They are throwing a summer party to entice investors to prevent Lucas's firm folding . Elizabeth is very highly strung and takes an instant dislike to Heather as she knows that Heather and Lucas have history . With long buried secrets coming out in the open , Heather finds out that she can't even trust her own family . Entertaining !! 4 stars

I’m conflicted. This is more of a domestic thriller about a dysfunctional woman, Elizabeth, or so we are led to believe. There was a great sense of foreboding from the beginning to the end but no discernible twists or really anything revealed. I enjoyed reading it as the characters were well written but I didn’t care about them. The ending was confusing and although it was a fast read I was expecting more.

I thought this was a thriller, but its more of a domestic drama.

We meet Heather, Elizabeth, and Lucas, a really messed up unlikable bunch of people.
Lucas and Heather share a distant past, but now he is married to Elizabeth and they seem to have a picture perfect marriage, or do they?

The rest is a mixture of lies, deceit, secrets, and toxic relations just to name a few.
I wouldn't say there was much suspense, at least for me, although the party and its aftermath did push the action forward.

The ending didn't really provide closure, so I was left with more questions than answers.

It's really 3.5**** but rounded up to 4 as I stayed with it till the end.

Thanks Netgalley, Bookouture, and Clare Boyd for an ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

This was one crazy ass book. Imagine the contents of a dark witch's cauldron with everything evil put in it, and just a dash of goodness, and you'd get this swirling tale where nothing was real, but nothing was imaginary too. Everything lay in the twilight zone, and I sincerely couldn't believe my eyes at what I was reading. Clare Boyd is one crazy ass chick!! All complimentary!! Writing this review while thrown on my ass by the twists in the story which had me still wondering - what had I just read?

Three main characters Elizabeth, Lucas, Heather, two were married and the third was the help. Many side characters a Polish couple and Heather's parents. They were all stuck in a strange dance in the flowing mist where the steps were known only to them and to the author. I could just part my way through them and get a glimpse of what was happening in their lives.

Told primarily from the wife Elizabeth's POV, whereby she spoke of many things, false and real, this book rocked the roots of my storytelling foundation. I had this weird feeling in my stomach even minutes after reading the book. Clare Boyd sure made my insides roil with doubt about all the characters as I read down the pages.

Each character presented me with many statements which had me trusting them one moment, then disbelieving all that I read the other. Everything the author wrote was like the wood smoke; they burned my eyes yet gave me clarity. Until the last line of the book, I genuinely didn't know who was telling me the truth.

With the last line, everything else fell wayward, and I could take a deep breath to cleanse the air of doubts within me and write this review. You have to read it to believe this author's tale. Wow!!

Where to start with this one? I feel like there was great potential for this book in the beginning. But at 47% (after the party) it all fell apart for me. All of the characters were crazy except for Elizabeth’s brother whom I had assumed would end up with Heather but then just disappeared. The ending was bizarre in that it seemed like a happily ever after ending but there is no way anyone was happy. I don’t know what happened here really. There were strong characters to start and then they all fell apart.

wow, this was unputtdownable! There was deceit, paranoia, toxic relationships, lies and a twist! Highly recommend. Not only was the plot delicious but the writing was so detailed that I could picture the house and the pool perfectly.
Thank you Netgalley, the author and the publisher - Bookcouture - for my free ARC in exchange for my honest review.
4.5 stars!

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC. This is an really fun and suspenseful domestic thriller that will keep you turning the pages long after you should be in bed. I am loving the alternating POV storylines that have become so popular lately in these type of books.

Heather, Lucas and Elizabeth. So may stories and so many lies. The question is who is lying and who isn't. Heather who moved back home to help her father, has a past with Lucas, but that is years ago. Elizabeth is his picture perfect wife and together they have a picture perfect life....or do they? Get drawn into the secrets and lies and be prepared for an ending that I promise you won't see coming.