Blog Tour & Review – The Second Mrs. Strom by Kaira Rouda

More exciting thrillers for you to add to that TBR of yours! As if there aren’t enough on there, but its a never ending battle.

Thanks to Bookouture for the gifted ebook copy in exchange for my honest review and blog tour spot

THE SECOND MRS. STROM – Kaira Rouda (Released August 16th, 2024)

I love Rouda’s books, and I’ve shared numerous on my blog! You can see all of those reviews here!

Book Description:

I don’t want the perfect marriage. I want revenge…

If you had met me a year ago, you wouldn’t have noticed me. A beautiful woman, but a struggling nobody in a tiny apartment, invisible…

Meeting Paul changed that.

And now here I am in Paris, after a whirlwind courtship and a stunning beach proposal I smile at my handsome husband, my eyes shining in the candlelight, my huge diamond ring sparkling on the starched white tablecloth. Other women look at me in envy. They see a couple completely in love.

They’re wrong.

Despite this incredible luxury vacation, my husband and I can’t escape our problems. I can’t get over what he did with that woman just after our wedding, and my bright smile can’t hide the hardness in my heart.

I wonder if Paul knows the truth. That our first meeting, when we fell in love, wasn’t the coincidence he thinks it was. That what I want from him has nothing to do with his money.

And now that he’s wronged me, I’ll stop at nothing to get it…

A completely gripping psychological thriller that will have you hooked in and turning pages late into the night. Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden and Jeneva Rose.

My Thoughts: 4/5 stars

When I found out this was a sequel to BEST DAY EVER, excited is an understatement. I loved that book and it’s so fun being inside Paul’s sociopathic head again! Before picking this up, I hadn’t realized it was a sequel, so it was a pleasant and welcomed surprise.

Paul is back with his new wife, Cecilia, and you can’t help but wonder if he’s going to get up to his old antics again or if he’s finally met his match. I love being inside that crazy, narcissistic villainous mind of his. You just know there’s something sinister in store for Cecilia and you find yourself wincing in anticipation on what it could be. There are plenty of twists and turns and maybe even a jaw dropping moment or two.

Kaira never disappoints and you have to read BEST DAY EVER first to truly appreciate Paul and the events that unfold. Here’s to more addictive thrillers from Rouda in the future.

About the Author:

Kaira Rouda is an award–winning, USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author of contemporary fiction that explores what goes on beneath the surface of seemingly perfect lives. Her novels of domestic suspense include The Widow, Somebody’s Home, The Next Wife, The Favorite Daughter, Best Day Ever, All the Difference, Beneath the Surface – optioned for a feature film – and Under the Palms. Her next novel, The Second Mrs. Strom, is out in August 2024, and Only the Nanny in November 2024. To date, Kaira’s work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Three of her novels have been named Amazon Editor’s Picks for Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense. The Next Wife was named a Suspense Magazine’s Best Book of 2021 Award, and a 2022 Silver Falchion for Best Suspense Novel and a 2022 Silver Falchion first runner-up for Best Book of the Year.

She lives in Southern California with her family and is working on her next novel. Please sign up for her newsletter to learn about new releases and exclusive content on her website, and follow her on social media.