My favorite Michelle Campbell book to date! I couldn’t stop reading this!
Twists and turns on every page and I thought I figured it out but I didn’t! I loved Tabby!!!! Her character was amazing and I felt everything she went through!
I always look forward to Campbell’s books and I’m so glad to have received an advanced copy from Netgalley! Definitely put this on your TBR shelf for June 2020!

Interesting story that explores the "What If" of a first love coming back in the main characters life. The killer of the story was not who I predicted and I consider a book a good read if that is the case. I would be interested to read some of the authors other books as the author, Michelle Campbell did a great job building a story I was interested in. Thank you to the author, Netgalley and publisher for allowing me to read this ARC.

I was into this book right from the very start. I really enjoyed Michele Campbell’s earlier novel, A Stranger On The Beach and was really excited to get pre-approved for her new book. This book took me on a wild ride this week. I read a lot of mystery/thriller novels and I can often see the twist or ending coming before it happens. With this novel, I really had no idea what was going to happen and this definitely kept me wanting more.

I do have to say that the end of the book felt a little rushed to a resolution, but I was mostly satisfied with the ending. I didn’t feel very connected with any of the main characters in the book, which can sometimes make it hard for me to get into a story, but with this novel, it felt like the characters were designed to be kind of aloof and unlikable, it made it more about the storyline and what happens.

If you like psychological thrillers in the vein of Gone Girl, you’ll definitely like this novel.

The Wife Who Knew Too Much by Michele Campbell was such a fast paced read! It was a true thriller! I found myself fully immersed in the story line and needed to keep going to find out more. I had a few hunches throughout the story, but wasn’t exactly right at the end, which is one of my markers for an excellent read.

I really enjoyed the twists and turns this book took, the characters, and the unexpected happenings. It pulled me in from the first few sentences and every chapter left me wanting more. There were a few plot holes in the story that I found slightly irritating, but not enough to ruin the book for me. This is a solid 4 stars. I will definitely read more from this author.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the electronic ARC of this book. All opinions are my own.

This book was an okay read for me. The only reason I rated it a 3 was because it was very predictable. It was written beautifully with great characters and I enjoyed most of it but with it being predictable, it didn't have the same affect it would have had. Still worth the read though.

Thank you Netgalley, the author and publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I gave this book 3 stars. I wish that I liked this book more but to be honest, it was a little predictable save for one surprise at the end, bringing it up to 3 stars for me. Also, it was well written by the author.

This book had an awesome cover and I was excited to read it and grateful for the opportunity but the storyline was a little played out. Poor girl, meets rich boy, they fall in love and then get separated, only to be reunited years later. But Connor, the boy (now a man) has some secrets and Tabitha, the girl finds out he still loves her but he also loves MONEY (and don't we all)! Except, Tabitha only wants him and doesn't fit into that world.

When they find each other again, Connor is married to Nina Levitt, a rich widow and then the whirlwind ensues. A little too predictable for my taste. I felt like I knew where the story was going. Still there are a few surprises left. I'm sorry, my honest opinion is 2 1/2 rounded up to 3 stars. I couldn't wait to finish so I could read something else.

But, a great big thank you for the ARC copy from St. Martin's Press, NetGalley, and I will read more from Michelle Campbell, the author.

This was a quick enjoyable domestic thriller. The author did a good job building suspense and making several characters unreliable, so different plot twists kept me from predicting the ending.

Wow! What a ride!!! A wild page flipping novel that hooked me from the first page! Mystery, lies, deceit, betrayal. Even the housekeeper has a dark secret. Who can you trust in Windswept, the all consuming mansion that held so many secrets and lies.

"Some things are too good to be true."

Who stood the most to gain by murdering Nina Levitt? They all did in one way or another. And Conner Ford, who exactly is he? Is he capable of murder and using people?
Michelle Campbell is an amazing author and I look forward to reading many more of her novels.

Thank you to Publisher and NetGalley for the eARC

In Michele Campbell’s upcoming release “ The Wife Who Knew Too Much” we meet a young woman named Tabitha Girard who is working as a waitress in a small town. During a Memorial Day weekend rush, in walked Connor Ford, the boy she had a teen romance with and never forgot. She has followed him through social media and knows he is now married to a extremely wealthy woman named Nina.
Connor convinces Tabby to meet him after work and he tells her that he had never forgotten her and they spend the weekend together rekindling their romance. He tells her that he wants to divorce Nina but with his prenup he would be left with nothing unless she divorces him. She agrees to wait but is filled with doubts as she continues to see photos of them traveling around the world together.
Shortly after the annual July 4th party, Nina is found dead in her pool and it is initially ruled a suicide. As the police receive anonymous notifications though they re-open the case and both Tabby and Connor are under suspicion.
This story is one I feel we have read before but it is still well written and kept the reader engaged. There are a few places where I was just annoyed with how dumb Tabitha was acting ( which is a pet peeve, her actions are not like any woman I know!). I did enjoy the book despite minor flaws and this will be a great addition to your summer reading list.
This is due for release in June. Thank you to
#netgLley and #stmartinspress for the free arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

A well done thriller.. kept my interest and I enjoyed it. Not as well crafted as the leaders in the field. The ending seemed rushed after the plot stretched out for pages. However, the resolution was not easy to accept. It made sense but the characters and their relationship to one another was weak and I felt let down at the conclusion.

Does young love ever end well? Tabitha is spending her summer waitressing and Connor is one of the people she serves. They are happy and in love until Connor's wealthy grandmother forbids him from seeing this girl from the wrong side of town. Sounds like just another summer romance bit the dust, but I wonder what these crazy kids are up to now?
Life hasn't been especially kind to Tabitha. She is a waitress and hasn't gone far from where she started. A failed marriage behind her, and not much to look forward to, she is stunned when Connor walks into the Baldwin Grill and back into her life. It's been over a dozen years since that fateful night when their romance fell apart, but time has done nothing to change how Tabitha feels. Connor is happy to see her too, the only thing that can come between them is his insanely rich wife. Yep, we do have a problem, as Connor swears he still loves Tabitha, but he doesn't want to walk away from all his wife's cash.
And that fellow readers is how we get a seat on this crazy train that is now Connor's life. His very rich wife commits suicide, so now he can offer Tabitha everything Nina's money can buy. But is this too good to be true? What are the odds that Nina would kill herself? Connor didn't lose a thing, except for his jealous wife, and what are the chances that this time Connor freely choose love over money?
This is another serious page flipper and one that I thought I had figured out. What are the chances of that? Not good when you are reading a Michele Campbell book. She takes twists and turns to a whole new level, and this did not end at all as I imagined. I so enjoyed trying to figure out whodunnit and why!

WOW!!! A HUGE thank you to St. Martin's Press, NetGalley and Michele Campbell for this much appreciated ARC! having loved the authors' 4 previous books, I was so excited for the invitation to read this one. Definitely time well spent. Teenage Tabitha falls for rich-boy Connor Ford. They are torn apart and later run into each other again, only Connor is now married to a massively wealthy woman, Nina. Nina dies. How did it happen? Who did it? What follows is a very fast moving tale that races to a mostly satisfying conclusion. I say mostly because I felt Tabitha was sort of a twit, although I really liked her, and I still had one unanswered question, but I do not want to give any spoilers here. Yes, I do tend to overthink my books......All in all, GREAT read!!! Look forward to Number 6!!

"I'm writing this to raise an alarm in the event of my untimely death. This is hard to admit, even to myself. For obvious reasons. He's in love with someone else. And he wants my money."

How can you not be drawn in with an opening like that?!?! From the very first page it pulled me in reading Nina's diary entry and making me want to know more. The lavish lifestyle of the rich made Nina's new husband want it all ... including what he was not suppose to have ... Tabitha, a summer love from years back. Tabitha was a young, hardworking waitress that fell in love with Connor in a short "summer by the lake" whirlwind. But was it enough for Connor? Was money more important to him than what he thought his heart wanted?

Who wanted Nina dead? EVERYONE had a reason. Was Tabitha set up from the beginning? It did slow down in the middle for a bit but backstory things had to be explained and were satisfying. After about 50% in the book it took off ... the twists and turns piled up in to an exciting conclusion. I love Michele Campbell novels and look forward to her next!

This is one of my records finishing a book in five freaking hours because I wanted to know what’s gonna happen next and I’m over excited!!!!

I got emails or comments asking me out of the curiosity how I can read so many books in such a short time.
Well, I have three answers for that: Using same fast reading technique since I was a nerd college student who preferred beers and cheap tequila over great wine selections (nerdy moron), practice makes it perfect and if I get a fast pacing, heart throbbing, mind blowing thriller in my head, I obsessively read it till I finish it. Life stops! My obligations and responsibilities are needed to be procrastinated! I don’t sleep, don’t eat unless someone feed me, I only use my spare hand to raise my glass and drink more wine and I prefer adult diapers not to lose much time ( yeap, I used them with my big girl pants lately when I went to the theater to watch “Invisible Man” which I highly recommend and Elizabeth Moss is unique talent!)

So I have second thoughts about this book even though I really really really liked its fast paced, surprising, twisty, whirlwind, moving story. It started with as an angsty romance story about young lovers drifted apart because of a mean, heartless, rich and old witch!(Soap opera alerts!) Poor, young, naïve, genuine, sweet Tabitha, living with her grandparent working at the country club, serving to rich people caught attention of charming, popular Connor Ford. They fell in love when they were young and innocent but Connor’s rich grandmother doesn’t approve their relationship. Class and social status differences tear them apart and after nearly 13 years, divorced, losing her job at hospital from a felony she didn’t commit, still poor, devastated Tabitha encounters with the love of her life at the restaurant she’s waitressing.

So far it was like a second chance romance story and you start making “aaawww” sounds and feel your heart warm with love and passion. But don’t do that!!! Because Connor married with a very rich, powerful and also neurotic and controlling, paranoid and jealous woman, yes we’re talking about redhead, 50 years old, stylish, paparazzis’ favorite celebrity Nina (if this would be a movie, I wish they cast Julianne Moore to play her. She would have killed it!) and at the beginning of the book, she tells us she thinks her husband has an affair and he wants her dead. Yes, Connor boy’s entire brownie scores destroyed by this statement, or “dear diary” confession!

I’m not spilling more beans! But as you may imagine, Nina is dead. Sweet Tabitha finds herself in a situation she is completely trapped and she has no way out and she is in love with Connor so badly but is she so naïve not to see his real face? Could he be killer? Or could she do something for crime of passion? Or tons of enemies did something to Nina? And as a last conclusion could Nina do something to herself and tease us from the beginning?

Overall: I have complex feelings about the book. Romance parts were still good and from the beginning even though she acted a little naïve, I believe in that Tabitha has golden heart and I empathize her deeply. She was the only good guy of the book.
But ending action packed parts were a little long and kept repeating itself. The conclusion was a little dissatisfying but it was still reasonable. But when it comes to whodunit part, it was so obvious, even though I shut down my spidey senses, I could easily find it because it seems like all the arrows show the perpetrator from the beginning. There were so many clue crumbles take us a short cut to Hansel& Gretel’s candy house! (In other words: it was so foreseeable to find whodunit!)

So my latest stars 3.5 but I really liked fast building high tension, Tabitha and dead wife’s POVed story telling, surprising twists, unexpected revelations. You feel like you’re running a marathon wearing two size smaller shoes and you want to keep running by ignoring the bleeding in your feet because you like view, you like pumping adrenalin into your veins and you’re drunk with endorphin. That’s what this book made me feel. So as a result I’m rounding up my 3.5 stars to 4 and getting out of here!

Special thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for sending me one of my favorite thriller author’s ARC in exchange my honest review.

Tabitha Girard is an average girl living an average life when she meets Connor Ford. Connor comes from a well to do family. One summer the two cross paths while Tabitha is working at the Country Club Connor's family is a member of. It's an unforgettable summer until Connor's grandmother finds the two together and ends things between them.

Fast forward 12 years, Tabitha is stuck in the same small town working as a waitress. Connor is married to a very wealthy older woman. Tabitha can't believe her eyes when Connor shows up at the dinner she's working at and begs her to catch up. One thing leads to another and they spend the weekend together.

What happens next will lead Tabitha down a dangerous road and has her questioning everyone, including Connor. Who can she trust and who is framing her for murder?

Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press
for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Connor and Tabitha fall in love when they are teenagers and she works at the country club where his family are members. They lose touch for 10+ years before he returns wanting to pick up where they left off but now he is married to much richer older woman who eventually winds up dead of an apparently suicide.

I love the previous novel from this author and enjoyed this one almost as much. I was sort of sure I knew who killed the wife but I was totally wrong and didn’t see that ending coming. I look forward to the next novel from this author.

I would like to thank Michele Campbell on selecting me to read an advanced copy of her new novel. This new book does not disappoint. The story and characters captivated my attention immediately. Each character is well represented and their back story helps fill in all the blanks. I really liked Tabitha but I wasn't so sympathetic to Conner. Poor girl from the wrong side of town falls in love with rich society boy is just the beginning in this tale.

Thanks to NetGalley too.

“The Wife Who Knew Too Much” was a good mystery/thriller. I like that the title could refer to Nina, the rich socialite that Connor Ford married for money, or Tabitha, the waitress, who enjoyed a summer of love years ago when both were teenagers and whom Connor would marry following Nina’s convenient death. Most of the main characters have secrets and the efforts to protect their secrets result in misunderstandings and ultimately lead some characters to take more extreme actions that might otherwise have been the case. The author does a good job of keeping the reader guessing, with information being revealed about certain characters, especially Nina and Connor, that could be true but seems questionable. The statements by Nina in her diary portray a much different situation than what is presented by her staff and coworkers. There are hints early on that certain members of Nina's staff might not be acting in her best interests, but the author does a good job of hiding their motives and the extent of their actions until the storyline requires this information to be revealed. The story contains some surprising twists.

I received a copy of the e-book via NetGalley in exchange for a review.

I was given this book by NetGalley for an honest review -
What a book!
Tabitha, works in a restaurant and meets Conner - - a wild summer affair begins. They come from different worlds.
Then one night as she is waitressing - Conner comes back into her world, He had married into money but has always loved Tabitha.
And then Conner's wife commits suicide - or was she murdered?
Tabitha discovers Nina's diary and numerous flags appear - who can she trust? Does Conner love her or has she been played?
Grab this book for a page turning read!

Don’t you just want to read this based on the title alone?! It was honestly amazing and am so happy I was able to read it