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.

This was a really fun mystery. It was thrilling while also being extremely sad at times. Rubys relationship with duke and his abuse, and even more so when she confessed to Andrew what she had done and saw him slowly fall out of love with her. How he let her kill him and how she stopped but he still ended up dying.

Camden and Jules were interesting as well and while I didn’t see the exact connection between them at first I’m glad they got their respective happy endings. The whole aspect of the “kidnapped child” and “changeling” lore is one I also really liked as well,

Would definitely read more by Rachel Hawkins!

I really enjoyed this book. Like that I couldn’t guess what was going to happen next. Love these types of books.

Having enjoyed other novels by Rachel Hawkins I was excited to read The Heiress a thriller about the wealthiest woman in North Carolina, her heir and the people who wanted a piece of her estate.

Ruby McTavish, is the richest woman in North Carolina. She died 10 years ago and left her estate to her adopted son Cam. Once Ruby died Cam moved to California and began a new life, without his extended family. Forced to return, Cam, and his wife Jules, must confront all the twisted family secrets to lay claim to their inheritance.

The timeline alternates from the present to the past, which covers Ruby’s childhood and her four doomed marriages.
The author excels at keeping the reader interested through the POV changes,

This is a book filled with dysfunction and not nice people. Read it!

This is one Rachel Hawkins book I actually enjoyed!

Ruby McTavish is one of North Carolina's notorious women - not only is she one of the richest women in the state but she is one of the most scandalous. Ruby has been married 4 times and each time, her husband dies. Not only that, she was kidnapped as a child and returned after about a year. After she dies, she leaves everything, including the huge McTavish mansion, to her adopted son Camden.
Camden wants nothing to do with his inheritance and instead chooses to live a relatively normal life with this wife Jules. But after the death of his uncle, Camden must travel to his childhood home but wants to leave right after the funeral.
However, Jules has other plans. She absolutely loves the home and wants her husband to get everything that is rightfully his - and hers as they are married. But she soon realizes that not everything is simple at the McTavish home.

Sooooo I was totally intrigued by the blurb and the twist; THAT PLOT TWIST!
I was able to binge this book and definitely recommend it. It does fall a bit flat in some areas, and can feel like a slowburn but after being disappointed in Rachel's other two book (𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 & 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢) I didn't really go into this with high hopes.
I definitely wished the epilogue had a bit more just because it does leave you with more questions than answers.

The Heiress was a perfect gothic thriller. Be ready to sit down and finish this book in one sitting! 5 stars Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced readers copy. Rachel Hawkins is not an author to miss.