The Wife Stalker: A Novel

The story of Joanna and Leo, a seemingly perfect couple living in Connecticut. Joanna has it all - a successful career, a beautiful home, and a loving husband….then everything changes when Piper arrives in town and Leo takes an interest in her.Piper, is not who she seems. She has a dark past and a hidden agenda, and as she becomes closer to Leo, Joanna's perfect life begins to unravel. Soon, Joanna and Piper are locked in a dangerous game of cat and mouse, with Leo caught in the middle.The characters are well-developed and complex, with each one harboring their own secrets and motivations. As the plot thickens, we are left to wonder who is telling the truth and who is lying.

“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”- The Wife Stalker.SYNOPSIS: Breezing into the tony seaside paradise of Westport, Connecticut, gorgeous thirtysomething Piper Reynard sets down roots, opening a rehab and wellness space and joining a local yacht club. When she meets Leo Drakos, a handsome, successful lawyer, the wedding ring on his finger is the only thing she doesn’t like about him. Yet as Piper well knows, no marriage is permanent.Meanwhile, Joanna has been waiting patiently for Leo, the charismatic man she fell in love with all those years ago, to re-emerge from the severe depression that has engulfed him. Though she’s thankful when Leo returns to his charming, energetic self, paying attention again to Evie and Stelli, the children they both love beyond measure, Joanna is shocked to discover that it’s not her loving support that’s sparked his renewed happiness—it’s something else.Piper. Leo has fallen head over heels for the flaky, New Age-y newcomer, and unrepentant and resolute, he’s more than willing to leave Joanna behind, along with everything they’ve built. Of course, he assures her, she can still see the children.Joanna is devastated—and determined to find something, anything, to use against this woman who has stolen her life and her true love. As she digs deeper into Piper’s past, Joanna begins to unearth disturbing secrets . . . but when she confides to her therapist that she fears for the lives of her ex-husband and children, her concerns are dismissed as paranoia. Can she find the proof she needs in time to save them? - The Wife Stalker.REVIEW: I was so excited when I heard that Liv Constantine was releasing another book because their previous book “The Last Mrs. Parrish” blew me away. This book is another great thriller with plenty of twists along the way. I really enjoyed reading this book and rated it four stars. I rated it this way because I felt that the majority of the larger twists happened fairly close to the end of the book, and I felt like a lot of the plot and twists had to be explained by the characters rather than showed and developed through the entirety of the book. However, once the whole plot is revealed, the whole book seems to change, so I think that this book would make for a good second read-through because of it, and to catch all the smaller details they play into the plot.This book is told from the perspective of two characters: Joanna and Piper. I love these types of books where there are two main characters with intersecting plots. I felt that each character was very interesting and really pushed the story forward. I also felt that the other characters in the book were purposeful and added to the twists.As with most thrillers, I think it is better to go in as blind as possible. While this book has some vaguely similar elements to “The Last Mrs. Parrish” it is very different and I think the plot is quite unique. I would recommend this to others who love thrillers, domestic thrillers, and of course those who loved Liv Constantine’s previous books. I think this is a good thriller for a nice summer read!

Leo Drakos is a high powered lawyer in a small town in Connecticut. But he has been depressed lately. Joanna is being patient with Leo, as she knows when he is like this she cannot push him too hard. When a case he is working on takes him to a wellness center Joanna suggests he go and take some meditation classes to help his depression. Joanna is happy when Leo starts to become his old self again, he is happier and is paying attention to the children (8yr old Evie and 6yr old Stelli) again. But Joanna’s happiness is short lived when she finds out the reason Leo is happier again is because of the Center’s owner, newcomer Piper Reynard. Piper and Leo have fallen in love. But where does that leave Joanna? She is not about to give Leo up without a fight. And as she digs into Piper’s past and learns her secrets, Joanna becomes afraid for the lives of Leo and the children.Wow! There is not really much I can say about this book because anything would be a spoiler.This is told from the POV of Joanna and Piper. I will say that none of the characters in this book are likeable or even trustworthy. I found myself throughout the book just shaking my head and getting so aggravated. I actually had to put the book down a few times because I was just so angry at what was going on. I kept trying to tell myself, It is just a book don’t get so upset. But I guess that is a sign of good writing when an author can get to you like that. LolI was all set to give this book a 3 star rating because of some of the things that were happening in the book just didn’t make sense but then the end happened. Boom! Wow what a Twist! I so did not see it coming and that made me stop and think about everything I had just read. Some of the reviews for this mentioned how they did not like that they were not given any clues. I feel that if the authors did give clues away during the book it would have ruined the ending. Reading this book and being so aggravated during it and then coming to the end without any knowledge is what bumped this up to a 4 star read for me. If I had known or guessed how this was going to end it would have ruined the book.So I say to Liv Constantine (sisters Lynne & Valerie) Kudos, you got me.This is my third book, I loved The Last Mrs Parrish. The Last time I Saw You was good. And I would put The Wife Stalker in between the 2 of them on my which was best scale.Look forward to reading more from these sisters .

This has a twist to it which is quite clever, but it isn't cleverly done and the plot is full of holes. Some are (poorly in my opinion) explained away.. such as the protagonist hasn't spoken to her mother for over 20 years, but the mother calls her on her cell phone to inform her that her father died. This is a minor one, supposedly explained away by "I asked a friend of yours for your number" but we are led to believe that she changed her identity and cut off her old ties completelyThe twist at the end could have been better handled. Throughout the book the reader is mis-led. But not cleverly... in quite a "small child performing a magic trick misdirection " type of way.

i bought it, I read it. I wish I'd not bothered.It was written to meet the twist, just....sigh. I like a clever plot with a twist. The fact that I hated this says it all.Piper has to be one of the most irritating characters Ive had to endure in a book forr some time

Considering this book was a collaboration between two people, I would have thought they could have come up with something better. I am glad I only paid 99 pence as I read it practically to the end waiting for the “twist” then deleted it. I have never read such drivel.

This is the first book I’ve read, by this author (or two authors). Couldn’t put it down. Told alternately from both Joanna’s and Piper’s points of view. I’m usually put off by the headline ‘a twist you’ll never see coming’, but in this case it was true - really did not see that one coming and explains Leo’s seemingly callous behaviour! Now, off to buy one of their other books...

Having previously enjoyed earlier novel I was hopeful This was terrible Poor storyline Uninteresting characters and as far fetched as they come Atrocious