{"id":930,"date":"2026-10-28T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T01:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/?p=930"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T01:00:44","slug":"the-couples-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/?p=930","title":{"rendered":"The Couples Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/5334702.Joy_Wood\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/5334702.Joy_Wood\">Joy Wood <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October 29, 2026 by Simon Stream<br>ISBN 9781398572706 (ISBN10: 1398572705)<br>ASIN B0HHSLRL4G<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My review:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to Simon Stream, Joy Wood and NetGalley for an early copy to review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was a really easy book to digest, a bit predictable in places but I definitely didn\u2019t see the ending coming even though it was lighthearted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dan has his own accountancy business and a very close relationship with his brother Connor who works for him.<br>Lorna Dans wife is argumentative and bored. She dreams of better things, even though her friends tell her Dan is a great guy, steady and dependable.<br>Lorna\u2019s works in a doctors surgery and doesn\u2019t get on with her boss Espheth. The fiction spilling over at times between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Lorna deliberately avoids sending a referral for a patient, she\u2019s taken into see one of the doctors and reprimanded in front of Espheth, but Lorna is having none of it and quits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So when new neighbours move in next door to Dan and Lorna she decides to befriend them much to Dans dismay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perry and Ingrid are the perfect couple in looks and seemingly in their marriage. Lorna sees them as interesting and exciting. But they have a secret and Dan and Lorna are about to find out that nice neighbours aren\u2019t always nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the book<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Every couple has their secrets. How far would you go to keep them?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lorna Lloyd<\/strong> has the picture-perfect a beautiful home, a successful career, and a handsome and loyal husband, <strong>Dan<\/strong>. Everyone thinks she\u2019s won the jackpot\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then a new couple moves in next door. Charming, wealthy, and fun, <strong>Perry<\/strong> and <strong>Ingrid Hunter<\/strong> are the ultimate power couple. There\u2019s something about Perry\u2019s sparkling smile and Ingrid\u2019s tinkling laugh that make them irresistible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon, the four of them are inseparable and Lorna\u2019s safe, predictable life is flipped upside down. Champagne-fuelled dinners turn into luxurious weekends away, and weekends away into holiday vacations \u2013 until a tragic accident changes everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because not everyone comes home alive. And when the shocking truth emerges, one thing becomes clear\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Each couple has been keeping a terrible secret. But whose was worth killing for?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joy Wood October 29, 2026 by Simon StreamISBN 9781398572706 (ISBN10: 1398572705)ASIN B0HHSLRL4G My review: Thank you to Simon Stream, Joy Wood and NetGalley for an early copy to review. This was a really easy book to digest, a bit predictable in places but I definitely didn\u2019t see the ending coming even though it was lighthearted. 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