(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

Morgan's life seems to be settled - she is completing her thesis on victim psychology and newly engaged to Bennett, a man more possessive than those she has dated in the past, but also more chivalrous and passionate.
But she returns from class one day to find Bennett savagely killed, and her dogs - a Great Pyrenees, and two pit bulls she was fostering - circling the body, covered in blood. Everything she holds dear in life is taken away from her in an instant.
Devastated and traumatised, Morgan tries to locate Bennett's parents to tell them about their son's death. Only then does she begin to discover layer after layer of deceit. Bennett is not the man she thought he was. And she is not the only woman now in immense danger ...

I think this book is a classic case of "some things are better done alone." As individual authors, Amy Hempel and Jill Ciment are brilliant writers. Together, we get a mash-up of tropes, poor character development and a plot that is just too far, even for me. Even the "whodunit" part (if we can call it that), was so obvious early on, I was wondering if there was going to be a "gotcha" moment at the end...but, sadly not. Why they decided to go for this genre, this book in particular, I will never know but it certainly did not work for me.


Paul
ARH