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.

What an absolute whirlwind thriller! This is a fast paced, page turner that will leave you questioning everything you're reading while you're reading it. The suspense that builds throughout the novel is excellent and I really enjoyed trying to solve the mystery right along with Stella as she got deeper and deeper into Adam's secrets. Every time I thought I had a piece of the puzzle figured out, Belle threw another plot twist or detail at you that changed everything. At one point I had to go back and reread a chapter because I was so blown away by how certain elements all came together. By the end of the book I was beyond impressed at how perfectly she wove the full story together. I will definitely recommend this one to others! Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Publishing for an eARC in exchange for my honest review!

Another winner from the one and only Kimberly Belle! This was a unique thriller because in addition to the normal domestic suspense Belle writes, this one brings in a component of art history as well. It's evident that this was well reached by Belle and I couldn't put it down from start to finish.

Thank you to Harlequin Trade Press for an advanced copy. All opinions are my own.

Kimberly Belle does it again! Every time I don't think she can do better than the prior time, and every time I am proven wrong. This one was lightning fast and twisted like a snake. Highly recommend

The Paris Widow is a fast-paced thriller packed with clues, red herrings, and endless questions. I loved solving the mystery alongside Stella and seeing how her instincts sharpened over time. One thing that stuck out to me is how similar the premise is to another very popular thriller. (Not a spoiler — the parallels are apparent in the marketing blurb.) I think I would have enjoyed this book more had I not already read the other one. Nevertheless, it remains my favorite of Kimberly Belle's books, and I look forward to what she publishes next.

I throughly enjoyed the plot of this book. It was definitely different from others I’ve read. Kimberly Belle knows how to turn a simple vacation into a spy like thriller

This has to be one of the best books I have read so far this year. From the minute I started reading, I just could not put the book down. It’s an edge of your seat, keep you guessing all the way through thriller and I loved it!

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of this book