I had super high hopes for this book and while it wasn't terrible, it was okay. I found parts of the plot to be disjointed and confusing.

The premise was exciting, but it was hard to follow along with the back and forth of the letters and, perhaps I'm an idiot, but I had a hard time grasping who was related to who at the end.

Also, while I understood the point was to show the differences between the haves and have-nots, I found the references to "dead white men" forced. It's become cliche and overdone at this point.

This is a fun, campy book though and I think it's perfect for those who like a bit of a popcorn thriller.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an e-book copy of THE HEIRESS to review.

I rate THE HEIRESS three out of five stars.

Five addicting and heart racing solid stars for Rachel Hawkins newest book. Hawkins has the ability to write in a heart throbbing and page turning pace with twists and turns coming from multiple directions. Told in 3 POV.
Ruby McTavish goes missing as a toddler. She quickly is reunited with her rich, powerful, and influential NC family… while another mother insists the “missing” Ruby who is reunited with the McTavish’s is her daughter.
Fast forward and after multiple (left widowed marriages) Ruby adopts a young boy (Cam). Now she has an heiress to leave the family estate and fortune to. Cam (POV) wants to live his life and on his terms and his own earnings.
After Rubys death his wife Jules (POV) talks him into going back home and settle the drama/ inheritance/crisis. Ohh Cams family wants their well deserved fortune and won’t stop until they get it all. After all - they’re blood!!! Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for a spectator read.

Another gushing review, this is craziness. I’m on a roll this year though and The Heiress isn’t going to be the book to break it. I flew through this book because I had to know what was going to happen. The level of dysfunction was next level and pretty much the only level I want to read from now on. You just don’t know who to trust and watching rich people being bad is so very fun. Great flow, plot and characters, The Heiress had it all.

Really enjoyed this. I’m not usually a suspense reader, but I stayed up late to finish this one. Loved the twists … I didn’t guess it all!

I have read all of Rachel Hawkins'books and this has been my favorite. The plot of this book is very complex and it is like a puzzle mystery. Jules and Camden are a struggling young couple when he is summoned home to his family estate to settle it. But everyone has secrets and no one is who they seem to be. I especially liked his mother Ruby's letters explaining the demise of her four husbands - it reminded me of Evelyn Hugo. The bo0k really is a big sweeping saga that goes from the 1940's to present day. My only complaint is that the end maybe had just too much crammed into it and it seemed a bit rushed.. But I do like it when an author answers all my questions! Read this one - you wont be sorry!

4.5 star

WOW I read this in less than a day. This was SO good! I loved every second of it. I loved the almost gothic-esque description, which added to it feeling very eerie. I love a dual POV. This one did feel more of a very dramatic family saga with elements of a thriller as opposed to a straight up psychological thriller.


I only knocked it down to 4.5 because I saw a lot of it coming BUT that didn’t make it less of a fun and totally engrossing read!

I would definitely recommend this to fans of Lisa Jewell and Ruth Ware.

Thank you to St Martins Press and Netgalley for my copy of this!

I'm a fan of Rachel's and her books. This is my fourth read by her and this was another edge of your seat read. The twists and turns kept coming. Story about a family with more secrets and Skeltons in the closet than none other. This book moved at a pace just enough to keep drawing you in, Is the heiress really the heiress? Some of this book read through tantalizing letters that sound real!
Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martins press and the Author, Rachel Hawkins for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

**4.5 stars**

Dang, I almost did not request this on NetGalley as I didn’t really care for The Wife Upstairs or Reckless Girls but I am very glad I did, it was an excellent page turner! I loved the setting of Ashby House and loved the characters of Ruby, Jules, and Camden. We only meet Ruby through her letters and Camden’s memories but she was fully fleshed out.

The reason I didn’t give it 5 stars has do with the timeline of ages of certain female characters, I can’t say more without spoiling the story.

Loved the ending as well.

Thanks so much to the author and St Martin’s Press for the e-arc I received from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

Rachel Hawkins, what on earth did I just read!? My mind is trying to process that ending. There were so many unexpected twists and turns that kept me intrigued. A wealthy family filled with drama, lies, secrets, and plenty of backstabbing.

Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore's was North Carolina's richest woman. She was the victim of a well-known kidnapping and a 4 time widow. She was the one who ruled the Ashby House, and it's tiny NC town. She left her adopted son, Camden, everything when she passed away, but he didn't want any part in it.

Ten years later, Camden and his wife Jules find themselves traveling back to the Ashby House after his uncles death. Back in the house, Camden is soon reminded why he walked away from his inheritance. Questions about the past began to surface, and the truth will soon leave your jaw hanging open!

What a twisty thriller! This book kept me on my toes throughout the whole book! I loved all the little twist even up until the very end. The letters from Ruby made this book even better! I love this author and the way she can tell a story from so many different people’s perspectives! This was a five star for me!

WOWWWW! I wasn't expecting all those twists! I loved the thriller with the Evelyn Hugo vibes! Loved the setting in Asheville, with the rich family drama vibes as well. Great story plot that kept twisting, just when I thought I had it figured out! I highly recommend this book!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!

I really enjoyed the different media outlets used to tell this intriguing story. Thank you NetGalley for this eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

Amazing!! I have read The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins before, but I did not enjoy it as much as I enjoyed The Heiress. This book follows Camden and his wife Jules who are going back to where Camden grew up. Camden is the adopted child of Ruby McTavish. Ruby is like the IT girl of their town in North Carolina. The McTavish's are considered royalty. However, when Ruby was a 3 year old girl. She vanished and seemingly appeared 3 months later. Ruby has no recollections of the events, and some people are just not who they seem in this novel. I really couldn't put the book down at all and I loved it.

I loved The Wife Upstairs, and this one also did not disappoint! It was gripping and captivating, grabbing my attention early on.

Even though the infamous Ruby McTavish is dead, the secrets she has spent a lifetime trying to conceal remain to haunt her family. When Ruby's son Cam receives a desperate message to come home and settle Ruby's estate, he realizes the time has come to leave his past behind for good. Jules, Cam's wife, wants to learn more about the past her husband never speaks of...and the grand estate he once called home. When the pair arrive at the remote Ashby House, they quickly see that the McTavish family is ready to claim what is theirs, no matter the cost.

Told through dual points of view and interspersed with letters from Ruby, Rachel Hawkins crafts a propulsive novel full of family secrets and complex lies. With all the pieces of the puzzle present, readers have the opportunity to play along and uncover the McTavish family secrets and the mysterious deaths of Ruby's four husbands page by page before reaching the satisfying conclusion.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Maartin's Press for providing this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

*Book also reviewed on Barnes and Noble, under @ThePageProj3ct

Wow. This book was amazing! I have read a number of Hawkin’s novels both under her name and her pen name Erin Sterling and I have loved every one of them but this one may be my absolute favorite!

This book has so many great twist and turns, it is written from a few different points of view which makes it even more interesting and I just loved the writing. The story is very complex but Hawkin’s made it easy to follow! I highly recommend it!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the digital advanced readers copy!!

My feelings are a bit mixed on this book. On the one hand, it was written in a way that really captivated me. What didn't fully work for me was the pacing of the points of view, and we are reading from three of them--Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore, Camden, and Jules. Ruby is infamous for having disappeared into the woods as a child, and as an adult for being widowed four times over. She never had any children, but she adopted Camden and raised him to inherit her fortune and large North Carolina estate, Ashby House. Jules in Camden's wife, who has been living with Cam in Colorado just scraping by, as Cam says he wants nothing to do with the McTavishes and their awful legacy. However, when Cam's cousin reaches out and asks Cam to come home, Jules encourages him and together they head back to his childhood home where his two cousins and great-aunt still live in Ashby House.

This definitely kept me turning pages and I was incredibly immersed in the setting of the book. My favorite from Rachel Hawkins so far!

It started off so interesting, and it ended rather odd. Almost like a cliffhanger but not. There are lingering questions but maybe that’s by design. It was a fast paced read and I absolutely gobbled it up didn’t want to stop reading. If the ending was more neatly tied up for me it would have definitely been 5 stars.

Now this was the book that I needed to kick off a new year of reading! Dysfunctional family dynamics? Check. Rich family with loads of secrets? Check. Clever and compelling twists? Check. If you want a solid read that's hard to put down, The Heiress is the book for you.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an advanced copy of this deliciously wicked book!

I really enjoyed The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins. It’s a suspense-building story that is a powerful reminder that familial ties aren’t always a good thing. In this case, the extraordinarily wealthy McTavish family harbors deep and dark secrets, a lust for money, and an absolute disregard for anyone – even each other.

The story of this extremely flawed family is told through flashbacks, different points of views, written letters, and bits of articles from magazines and newspapers. The overall tone is a bit gothic, and the way Ms Hawkins weaves the story using these different means is impressive. With her latest book she certainly proves she is a masterful storyteller.

The Heiress was hard to put down. It held my interest to the end. It’s 4.5 stars for me and I recommend it. NetGalley provided an advance copy.