The Younger Wife

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Sixty-something heart surgeon Stephen meets beautiful thirty-something Heather while he and his wife, Pam, are planning a home renovation. Pam has late-stage dementia and her recollections of family and home fade as Stephen’s entanglement with Heather tightens. Daughters Tully and Rachel - in their thirties themselves - are less than thrilled with their father’s new situation. From rocky relationships to fractured families, Hepworth yanks readers through an engaging, anxiety-inducing narrative which I found incredibly hard to put down. Marina

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The moment she laid eyes on Heather Wisher, Tully knew this woman was going to destroy their lives. Tully and Rachel are murderous when they discover their father has a new girlfriend. The fact that Heather is half his age isn't even the most shocking part. Stephen is still married to their mother, who is in a care facility with end-stage Alzheimer's disease. Heather knows she has an uphill battle to win Tully and Rachel over - particularly while carrying the shameful secrets of her past. But, as it turns out, her soon-to-be stepdaughters have secrets of their own. The announcement of Stephen and Heather's engagement threatens to set off a family implosion, with old wounds and dark secrets finally being forced to the surface. A garage full of stolen goods. An old hot-water bottle, stuffed with cash. A blood-soaked wedding. And that's only the beginning...