The Desperate Wife

Name: The Desperate Wife
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Caroline Roberts
ISBN: 9780008461911

Author: Caroline Roberts

Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis

Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: One More Chapter

Published: 03/22/2021

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Psychological, Sagas, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Synopsis

*Previously published as * Kate believed she had it all. A loving husband, two beautiful little girls, and a million happy memories still to collect. Everything was how it should be – a family, together. But Kate discovers she has been living a lie. Her husband, Michael, has betrayed her in the most unimaginable way, tearing all love and trust to pieces. Feeling lost and alone, Kate doesn’t know what to believe anymore. With Michael’s secrets exposed and her marriage hanging by a thread, she fears that life may never be the same again. Only Kate holds the power to forgive. But what will it take to forget? Brimming with emotion and tension, is an unforgettable novel about love, loss, and the impossible choices that life deals us. His secret tore her world apart . . .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dee on March 26, 2015

*****5 Torn Stars***** (ARC Kindly provided by Publisher via Netgalley) This beautiful and heart-wrenching story is the accurate portray of a marriage in trouble. Michael and Kate have been married for a long time and have two beautiful young daughters. Michael works hard and sometimes long hours......more

Goodreads review by Lu on June 18, 2017

douchebag cheater jerk moron......more

Goodreads review by ✮ rach ✮ on March 18, 2015

This is a difficult book for me to rate. Regardless what your stance is on cheating, this book was enthralling. It had my stomach all churned up in knots and at one point, I really wanted to stop reading because I just knew what the final outcome was going to be and that I was going to be pissed off......more

Goodreads review by Jac K on March 21, 2020

**This book has been re-released as The Desperate Wife with a new cover. I’m posting it out here because I can’t find the new book to review.** It’s clear going in, that this is part of the “hubs cheating” trope which can be emotionally charged when done well. I found it somewhere in the middle, som......more

Goodreads review by Lucy on March 17, 2015

3.5 to 4 stars This book really sucked me in so 4 stars for entertaining me however (view spoiler)[ Michael was not redeemed for me. He didn't really have to work to get his wife back. Kate was also way too nice. One month after Michael leaves her to live with the mistres, Michael is having his two little girls ove (hide spoiler)]......more

Quotes

‘Had me emotionally involved right from the start … Brilliantly written’ That Thing She Reads