TLDR a man and his wife return home to his estranged family to help take care of the mansion he inherited.
Okay just being blunt this was kinda a let down. After reading The Wife Upstairs and Reckless Girls, I was expecting a jaw dropping plot twist with a wild epilogue. The epilogue didn't add much imo and the big plot twist was kinda underwhelming. I LOVED the whole "rich woman that adopted a boy and left everything to him" vibe and the whole "family drama and rich family secrets" aspects but I feel like the mark was missed with this one.
Features:
Multi pov
Letters to swap timelines
Family secrets
Overall 3.5/5
Anxiety 1.5/5
Spice 0/5
Borrow (buy bargain borrow burn)

Ruby McTavish is known around the town of Travistock for being rich, widowed 4 times, and was the was the victim of a famous kidnapping when she was a child. After her death, her adopted son Camden wants nothing to do with the estate, the money, or his family. He moves to Colorado to be a "normal" person. There he becomes a teacher and meets Jules who becomes his wife.. When his uncle dies, Camden finds himself back at Ashby house, 10 years after he left. Lots of questions about Ruby's life come to light and family drama ensues. I really enjoyed the structure of this book which had alternating chapters of Jules and Camden mixed with letters from Ruby. There were a bunch of twists and turns that definitely held my attention. For some reason I struggled to keep up with everything that was going on, but I still thought it was a good book. If you're a fan of a good mystery/thriller I think you would really like this book. Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Rachel Hawkins has done it again! I’m always impressed by how she can continue to churn out well written books with gripping storylines. Thank you for another opportunity to read and review! I’m a fan for life.

Fully enjoyed this book, as with Hawkins’ previous! She has become an auto buy author for me. I loved the different perspectives we got through this book and how honest those perspectives were, even when they were not meant to be. It is messy with family drama and intrigue, but I would hazard to say not the suspense I had hoped for. I absolutely love reading about rich families and their secrets and lies, and I quite enjoyed getting to know these characters. Thanks so much to NetGalley and St Martin’s Press for an advanced copy!

I am a huge fan of Rachel Hawkins, and I couldn't put this -- her latest thriller - down! I thought the character of Ruby McTavish, the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in North Carolina, was fascinating and flawed, and I enjoyed hearing from her directly about the deaths of her husbands through her letters. I also found the characters within the dysfunctional family still living in the crumbling old family mansion very compelling. I loved the gothic elements in this, and the twists and turns were all there, perfectly paced and delightfully shocking. I'll continue to read whatever Hawkins writes!

The Heiress was the perfect family-secrets book. I loved the short chapters and differing POVs. The letters between chapters were well-spaced out and I always wanted to read more of them. I love that there’s many different mysteries unfolding, ruby’s husbands, her death, Camden’s biological family, and Jules’s history. The 1960s-90s vibes are written so well and I loved learning about each of her husbands. This book tackled many characters deciding if their actions are justified and if they are still a good person. Overall, this was a very entertaining read and kept me hooked the whole time. Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an ARC. All opinions are my own.

Really enjoyed this book by Rachel Hawkins -- and definitely had similarities to her book The Wife Upstairs which was my favorite of hers. I found this to be a good, fast read that I would recommend to friends.

Solid 3.5 thriller. While I enjoyed this one, its more of a family drama than a thriller? A lot of telling vs. showing. It didnt feel all that suspenseful. There were also some plot holes that were never quite explained, like the missing hikers. Maybe it was thrown in as a red herring? All in all I still enjoyed it. I love anything "old hollywood" or old timey and I enjoyed Rubys perspective especially the letters she wrote. I will probably always read Rachel Hawkins.

Rachel Hawkins stories truly capture readers attention and keeps you enthralled to the end of the story. The Heieress is no different, I actually was surprised by the twist ending and loved how between the chapters of Ben and Jules you get Rubys letters which I felt really added to the story and shows that Ruby does not always tell the truth. I absolutely love Rachel Hawkins and can’t wait to see what comes next

Loved this book. Cheeky, smart, family drama… Camden goes back to his family home and secrets some out about his mother Ruby, wife Jules, and others in the family. Loved the Ruby letters. The whole book was fantastic. Highly recommend.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy. 5⭐️

Rachel Hawkins does what Rachel Hawkins does, yet again, and writes a simple but compelling mystery for the masses to enjoy. THE HEIRESS will be totally up your alley if you've ever enjoyed one of Rachel Hawkin's books in the past, or if you're just down to binge a twisty little mystery.

I enjoyed, but didn't love, and I think that's pretty on par for my experience with Rachel Hawkins in the past.

When Ruby the richest women in North Carolina dies her estate in the Blue Ridge mountains pass her to her adopted son Camden.Camden is not wanting the estate or the wealth. Years Camden is wanted back at the estate after his uncle’s death and the estranged family has plenty of secrets!! As the drama tightens at the estate so does the secrets that Ruby has left behind.

Y’all, I freaking loved this book! I still have goosebumps lingering as I write this!

If you love a thriller, The Heiress is where it’s at! I’ve always been a fan of Rachel Hawkins writing, but The Heiress easily just became my new favorite of hers! Hands down!

I did the audio, and kudos to the cast! High fives all around- especially to the narrator for
Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore, Eliza Foss. Foss lending her voice to this character made her come alive for me; a southern drawl and regal air. I couldn’t get enough of Ruby’s sinister tale.

The gothic atmosphere of the legendary mansion, Ashby house, set in the Blue Ridge Mountains, was scrumptiously eerie and foreboding of a chilling tale. And don’t get me started on the painting of Mrs. McTavish herself, hanging at the top of the stairs. I thought it was going to come alive at any moment and have me running for the hills err mountains.

5 stars for this haunting masterpiece!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for my review copy!
I have read and enjoyed several of Rachel Hawkins’ books, and this one was no exception.
Following a young couple as they uncover deeply buried secrets in the past, this definitely kept me intrigued and guessing. While I thought I had everything figured out, there was a single piece I missed, which I enjoyed being surprised by. Highly recommend!

I LOVE a good family drama, especially when there is a lot of money involved to spice things up. I loved the alternating points of view, twists and turns, character building, and just everything. I think this is my favorite Rachel Hawkins books so far! I was drawn into this fast paced, gothic thriller immediately and breezed through it. I didn't want to ever put it down.

I am sorry for the inconvenience but I don’t have the time to read this anymore and have lost interest in the concept. I believe that it would benefit your book more if I did not skim your book and write a rushed review. Again, I am sorry for the inconvenience.

DNF at 16%. The format was interesting, with the articles and journals. But the story did not grab me.

This book is a wild intriguing ride - if you want to be whisked away to a gothic mansion set high up in the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. But beware the McTavish family who inhabits this manor is truly dysfunctional.

The main characters are Ruby, the heiress to manor and fortune, the matriarch, who was kidnapped and recovered as a small child. She is four times widowed and has adopted a son, Camden which sees as an act of redemption for unrelated sins. She has a voice and point of view in this book through letters since she has died and left manor and money to Camden who had no desire to stay at the house with his great aunt, uncle and cousins who despise him but as the book opens needs to return to oversee urgently needed repairs. With him he brings his wife Jules who dreams of a future in a manor instead of their rental on a teacher’s salary.

This story is told in alternating voices (Ruby, Cam, Jules) and timelines. It is a story of power and corruption through power, greed and jealousy, engineering life to run smoothly just because you can.

Entertaining and twisty, this book was captivating and kept me engaged and reading!

A really engaging and dramatic family thriller with layers of twists -- some I guessed, some that were a complete surprise but looking back completely made sense and were satisfying. The story is narrated by Jules and Cameron, a young couple in Colorado, and interspersed with news reports about the House and its occupants, and letters from the House's late matriarch, Ruby. I hesitate to say more because of potential spoilers.

I just have to accept this author isn’t for me. Unfortunately, with every book, I’m left feeling wanting more. Sometimes too little excitement, sometimes not enough. It just feels like I can’t get the perfect ratio here unfortunately.

This book unfortunately didnt meet the mark either. I know a lot of others are great fans of Rachel Hawkins, so it may just be a case of different strokes for different folks and that is okay.