Cam and Jules make their way to Cam's family home in this thriller by Rachel Hawkins. It's not at all what Jules expected or hoped for. The sprawling mansion that Cam's adopted mother Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore left to him is in need of repairs and the remaining McTavish family members are not at all happy about his arrival. There are many layers of complexity in this book and I devoured each one. Ruby's past is fascinating and very clearly still has pull over Cam and Jules in the present. This is a quick, thrilling read.

This book will draw you in immediately! I was dragging my feet on even reading this book because it just seemed blah and I was completely wrong. It was brilliant and messy and filled with so much drama and pain and murder. I loved it all. I really loved the format and how it was written, ai looked forward to every single one of Ruby’s letters and I loved all the news articles in there. I wasnt expecting that little shock in the epilogue so nicely done there Rachel Hawkins. If you are into soap operas or family drama this book is totally for you.

Rachel Hawkins does it again. Her writing style is unique in that it combines the use of past, present and clippings from newspapers and letters to keep the reader's fully engaged. It's filled with suspense and is jam-packed with secrets, when revealed, are both unexpected but thrilling. The amount of mystery and drama within this book makes it hard to put this one down.

The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins is a twisty, well paced story about family, the secrets we keep and what we'll do to maintain them.
This is the story of Camden, a 30-something man returning to his family home after his mother has passed to deal with the large fortune that she left behind and the family he's worked so hard to distance himself from.
Told from 3 alternating points of view, I absolutely loved this. It had a gothic feel that I loved and it kept me guessing until the very end.
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4.5 ⭐️

Ruby McTavish was lost as a child and then found and returned 8 months later to her SUPER rich family. She then lived a full life and married four men, all of whom died in different ways, and speculation of the community that she might have killed them branded her as Mrs. Kill-more. With no children of her own, she adopts Camden and raises him, and leaves the family fortune to him after her death. Camden, who wants nothing to do with his family and his inheritance, reluctantly goes back to his inherited estate with his wife Jules, to help fix the home he grew up in. Whilst doing so, the readers get to know the lives of the dysfunctional McTavish family and uncover their secrets.

This book was truly a page-turner with its complicated characters and their mysteries. It was told through letters from Ruby, and Camden and Jules’s POV, and it was interesting to read from the three characters’ POV to see the complexity of their thoughts and emotions, and the secrets were insane! Jules cracked me up throughout the book with her witty retorts lol. This book shocked me a lot, and the ending was wild!

Thank you St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for this ARC!

3.75 stars. I liked the articles and journals mixed in the two POVs. Some of the twists felt predictable and most of the characters were unlikeable. I thought I liked a few characters initially but their flaws felt too significant. Once I got to 50% I was “turning” the pages. Not my favorite by this author but will continue to read her books!

THE HEIRESS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ wow, I LOVED this book! The secrets and drama were captivating, I read this in a day and would do it again. I am always a fan of a thriller and feel like I can typically predict the twists, and I definitely did not with this one. Loved and highly recommend. Read it on a day you can binge 😂

As the novel opens you might think The Heiress is going to be another The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, but turns out to be a very dark version of Hulu's Only Murders in the Building. The Heiress is Ruby McTavish- her husbands have one thing in common: they all died under mysterious circumstances. At three years old, Ruby, daughter of the fabulously wealthy Mason McTavish and his fragile wife Anna, wandered away from her family during a picnic near their home, but was discovered months later living with a much poorer husband and wife. Although Ruby does not remember this time in her childhood, it can't help but reverberate in her life as an adult. The Heiress is told in triple point of view-by Ruby in letters that reveal what really happened to her husbands; Ruby's son Camden, and Cam's wife Jules. And Ruby is not the only person in this threesome with secrets. The Heiress is gripping and very twisty-you'll barely catch your breath before another "I never saw that coming" moment has you gasping for air again. Like a train wreck you can't take your eyes off of, you might have trouble putting The Heiress down for mundane things like eating or sleeping (forget about working!). The plot does veer into over the top territory, but it works perfectly for a gem like Ruby.

Another solid mystery/thriller from Rachel Hawkins! I downed this book in one day, fueled by its fast-paced cocktail of kidnap, murder, greed, and deceit. Told in multiple POVs with the past revealed in a series of letters, this story will pull you in with its satisfying, suspenseful twists.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this complimentary ARC. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I think I’m basically a Rachel Hawkins thriller stan now, because this was another solid story that I enjoyed a lot. The main characters had complexities, and they all kind of sucked but in a fun way. The pacing and reveals were timed well, and each one had me like, oh dang! My only complaint is that Cam gets a dual POV with Jules (or a third, if we include Ruby’s letters) but we don’t get as much from him as we do with Jules. His attitude and reasonings were believable, but we just scratch the surface with his emotional baggage, while Jules lays it all out there. I also don’t super understand why Jules breaks the fourth wall in her POV so much, but it was actually quite funny.

This book got me out of a lull in reading. Very twisty up until the end. I finished the last half in a day. Characters were complex- not blk and white which kept me guessing up until the end.

The Heiress is such a great thriller, without really being a thriller. I loved the twisted family backgrounds and all the unreliable characters. Perfect summer thriller!

I loved the twists and shocking reveals ALL throughout this story! It was a satisfying culmination of events and I would love to reread it as if it were new again!

Thanks to NetGalley for an early read.

Camden and Jules travel to Camden's home in the Appalachian Mountains. His family has owned the home for years...and most of the town. But Camden was adopted by Ruby who at the age of three was abducted and not returned until later, or was she? The rest of the family see Camden as an interloper and are furious that Ruby left the entire estate to him. Camden wants absolutely nothing to do with the family. Secrets are revealed, lives are threatened.... Just your basic family reunion...

A big thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for providing me with an early copy to read and review.

Wow. This book hooked me from the beginning. With vibes of the Lindbergh kidnapping and Rebecca, I was captivated and had a hard time putting the book down at times.

In typical Rachel Hawkins fashion, it was a twisty mystery with several unexpected turns.

4.25 ⭐️ | Somebody needs to send me some Goo-Gone ASAP because I am still glued to this book after finishing it last night. With this new release, Rachel Hawkins has just solidified her spot on my auto-buy list—she just never misses the mark! "The Heiress" features intelligent plot pacing, savvy characters, and an atmosphere to die for (literally 😉)—what more could a girl want?

This story will transport you to the Blue Ridge mountains of Tavistock, North Carolina, where you'll settle into the harrowing halls of Ashby House, the home of the infamous McTavish family and notorious ruling ground of Tavistock's finest—the notorious Ruby McTavish. When Ruby dies, her multimillion-dollar inheritance is passed along solely to her adopted son, Camden, and by proxy, his wife Jules. But when burning questions of family legacy, lineage, and lies threaten to dissolve all that is owed to Cam, the pair begin to unravel the truth of the past that continues to haunt the McTavish name.

Told in alternating perspectives between Camden, Jules, and Ruby herself, Hawkins weaves together alternating timelines and dangerous motives to create a thrilling story from cover to cover.

I thoroughly enjoyed this read and only bumped it down from a five-star read because I'd predicted a chunk of a major reveal. Would highly recommend picking this one up!!

✨ Big thanks to NetGalley and publishers for sending me a free eARC in exchange for an honest review! ✨

Thanks to Netgalley & the publishers for the Arc! I LOVE Rachel Hawkins and I LOVED this book. I walked around with this book in my hand because I just couldn't put it down. I had to find out all about Ruby & her life, and how it led up to the current events that Camden & Jules are taking part in. Read it! You've got the woods, love stories, murder, betrayal, family drama, relationship drama, Rachel's books just keep getting better and better.

I've read every single one of Rachel Hawkins books and loved them all! I'm telling you, this author can do no wrong. She can write any kind of thriller set anywhere and I'll eat it up! The Heiress is another amazing book by her!

My favorite read of the year. I keep thinking about this book! The characters are so entangled - and it had me captivated. I will definitely be re-reading before publication!

The Heiress is definitely a fun, captivating read with an unlikeable cast that highlights what happens when someone in a family dies, particularly in regards to their fortune. I'm pretty sure I finished this book in a day. I just HAD to know what happened next and couldn't put it down, especially since the mystery concerning Ruby unraveled and became more outrageous with each of her chapters. However, even though I gave it 4 stars, I wouldn't necessarily call this a gothic mystery book. Ruby's chapters definitely had some gothic elements and those were my absolute favorites, but the chapters that took place in the present just reminded me of Knives Out.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Knives Out and it's why I gave the book 4 stars. But from reading the summary I was expecting something a bit different? I still loved the book tho, and I definitely loved Ruby in all her messy, imperfect chaos. This is something I'd truly read again.