Stella and her husband Adam are on the last leg of a three week, whirlwind vacation in Europe. At their final stop in Paris, the couple dines at an out of the way cafe before heading to the airport. After a terrible explosion, Stella cannot locate her husband and fears the worst. When the French police come to investigate, she is shocked to find that her husband had a secret life that he hid behind his antique dealer facade. Now her life is in danger and unsure if Adam is still alive, Stella tries to uncover the truth behind her husband’s deception. This was a fast paced thrill ride that I could not put done! I highly recommend this novel!

What a thrilling ride this book was! An absolute page turner. I went into this book blind and was completely surprised by the twists that were thrown at the reader.

The Paris Widow was a fast paced thrilling read. Stella and her husband are on a Europe trip. Her husband goes back to get his sunglasses at a bistro table when all of a sudden there is a bombing. Stella is frantically searching for husband. However, what unfolds leads her to question everything and everyone.

Bingeworthyyyy. I think this could definitely be read in one sitting! Same vibes as The Last Thing He Told Me 🤔 Fast paced and the writing style was easy to get through. I loved that Stella was so smart and resourceful - usually women do stupid things in books 😂 I skimmed through some of the art history stuff but other than that I thought this was entertaining!

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A FORMER FLIGHT ATTENDANT 😉

Stella’s husband Adam, is a dealer of rare antiquities- a job that takes him all over the World.

Stella was able to join him on his latest shopping trip, and with stops in Capri, Malta, and finally Paris and it has been like a vacation of a lifetime for the newly married couple. .

But when Adam has to return to the cafe they had just left, to retrieve a favorite pair of sunglasses left behind, her world comes crashing down around her.

A possible terrorist explosion has taken out much of a city square, including the cafe, and Adam appears to be missing among the rubble. His phone goes straight to Voicemail.

Wanting to get his face out there, Stella agrees to be interviewed by a news reporter with Global reach-and her tear stained face becomes known as “The Paris Widow” around the World.

But, as the French police investigate, she learns that the antiquities that Adam deals in, may be stolen, and they suspect that HE may have been the actual TARGET of the bomb.

Reeling from this news, and wanting to prove Adam’s innocence, Stella refuses to leave Paris until she gets answers, even when it appears that she is being followed, and that she could be risking her own life, if the accusations are true.

But, as a former flight attendant, Stella is familiar with these streets, and has a few contacts of her own. Despite
a few initial missteps, she eventually finds her footing, determined to right all that is wrong.

This book is an entertaining “CAT AND MOUSE” adrenaline thriller, which I could easily imagine translating to the BIG SCREEN. I’m betting it will be brought to life brilliantly in the audiobook format as well.

I enjoyed Kimberly Belle’s latest page-turner-and I think you will too!

Available June 11, 2024

A big thank you to Park Row for providing me with an ARC through NetGalley. It was my pleasure to offer a candid review!

Engaging and entertaining. A recommended purchase for collections where crime and thrillers are popular.

A heart-pounding, tour de force that I devoured in a single day.

On the tail end of a charming European vacation, Stella and Adam are sitting in a quaint Paris Cafe enjoying each other's company, until a powerful explosion rocks the area, reducing the Cafe to suffocating clouds of dust, flying debris, injured patrons and utter chaos.

Adam, a modest antiquities and architectural salvage purveyor has gone missing. Could he be severely injured? Dead? No....perhaps he's just waiting back at the hotel....?

Stella, alone, terrified and not sure where to turn and who to trust, must untangle the harrowing mystery before something even more sinister unfolds.

Sometimes things aren't always as they seem.

This was a great book! I gave it 4 stars. I really loved the love story but also the intense drama and emotion. I had no idea what was going to happen and it kept me interested til the very end. The back and forth time frame was a bit confusing at times but was necessary to tell the whole story.

I could not put down the Paris Widow. This was an amazing book with all it’s twists and turns. Thank you for the opportunity as an ARC.

Well, this is certainly not the kind of Paris vacation I would dream up for myself but Kimberly Belle has entertained me with her latest thriller!

This novel is fill with twists and turns - just when I thought I figured something out...NOPE! Stella learns a whole lot more about her husband Adam than she ever knew. So good!!

I thoroughly enjoyed this read! Felt like I was on a face paced European tour with elements of espionage, theft and murder on the side. I really enjoyed Kimberly Belle’s style of writing - this was a first read for me by this author - and enjoyed the diversity of characters. The ending was a wee bit too Hollywood for me but I would definitely read and search out another book by this author! Overall a well developed and entertaining read. Thanks to Net Galley for the opportunity to review.

This was a fun one! Same sort of premise as “The Marriage Lie,” which I liked (a female protagonist whose husband becomes a victim of a tragic accident, which then sends her down a mysterious path leading to a dangerous cat & mouse game). It was a book that definitely kept me hooked and on the edge of my seat! And I liked that it didn’t feel *too* unrealistic because Belle pulls from situations that could actually happen in real life, as well as real places and things (in this case, it’s blood antiquities and the dark underbelly of the art world, which made for a fun story). It’s something I really like about Belle’s storytelling. Though I do wish the ending of this one had been a little less “neatly wrapped in a bow,” I really enjoyed it all in all! Look forward to Belle’s next!

Thank you to Harlequin Publishing & NetGalley for providing me with a copy of the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’m not sure about a thriller, but it was interesting and different than stuff I’ve read before. A little predictable in some areas, but others kept me hooked. Over all the story was okay and I liked how it ended.

Thriller with twists that just keep on coming,
Stella and Adam seem to have a perfect marriage; he deals in antiquities and she works as a caterer. They travel
and have a good life and a genuinely happy relationship.
Or so she believed.
On a combined work and vacation, an explosion rips through the cafe and surrounding area where they
had just eaten and where Adam had headed back to, to retrieve sunglasses he had forgotten. Stella
rushes back to the area to look for him, only to find him listed as missing.
And the nightmare begins.
As Adam's past unfolds around her and her own checkered past comes roaring back, she goes on the
run looking for the truth about her husband,
Is he a mastermind thief of treasured relics as the police insist that he is.
Was her life with him a complete lie?
From the opening pates, you are pulled into the story that takes shape quickly.
Not a big fan of "back and forth" in stories but these were well defined and helped bring the characters clarity and
placement in the present.
Good suspense, intriguing characters and a well paced story.
Vous avez fait du bon travail!!

A nice light escape and a good beach. read. Nicely written. Good luck with the book and thanks for the opportunity to read.

This book was an incredibly thrilling fast paced read!!! This book will have you gripping the edge of your seat the entire time. The twists and turns this story takes you on is wild!!! You will feel just like a detective trying to figure it all out along the entire way up until the very last page.

This was my first book by Kimberly Belle and will not be my last. I love her writing style and will be recommending this book once it’s release to all those who love a good trilling mystery. Hurry and put this on your TBR for its 11 June 2024 release!

Wow, what a read! This book snatched me up and held on until I finished (in one day, which is fast for me!). I loved the characters of Stella and Adam. The mystery plot unfolded along with their love story, which I felt was extremely necessary. Without it, I wouldn't have been pulling for Adam the way I did.

The author did a terrific job of putting us in the moment. I felt like I was in Paris and I could envision the characters. My mind was racing ahead of the story, trying to guess what would happen next.

I'm giving this a 4.5 - hope to read more by this author!

Thanks to NetGalley & Harlequin Publishing in exchange for an honest review.
The Paris Widow kept me totally involved from page one. I loved the unfolding mystery in Paris as well as the backstory for the main characters Stella and Adam. Stella is passionate, determined and stubborn. She uses these traits to do everything she can to figure out who to trust, how her husband is involved & if she can resolve the issues with the least repercussions. This is a fun, fast paced read!

This book was okay, I found it to be a bit unrealistic. The personality of the main character is unrealistic and her 'connections' to mob-like people was too outrageous in my opinion. The outcome of the husband was also unrealistic to me.

I enjoyed The Paris Widow. Though not a 6/5 like Kimberly Belle's other novels, the depth of deceit that Stella had to unravel kept me turning pages. Stella & Adam are not my favorite characters. I felt they deserved each other. The plot twists were numerous. Definitely a travelogue of experiences.