"The Wedding Vow" by Dandy Smith

She is the perfect wife.
He is the perfect liar.

Verity and Linden Lockwood vowed to spend the rest of their lives together, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do they part. Five years later they've kept their promise to never let their love die, to never slip into becoming one of those couples ...

But a year after Linden is brutally and inexplicably murdered in their picture-perfect home, Verity's world shatters again. They're not the golden couple she thought they were. Linden betrayed her: he had been having an affair.

Determined to uncover the identity of the other woman, Verity delves into her husband's life. Everyone is a suspect: her neighbour, her best friend, her assistant ... even her cousin. But as she unearths Linden's shocking secrets, Verity realises she didn't know her husband at all and the truth might be more dangerous than she realises.

Can Verity expose the other woman before she joins her husband in the morgue? ~taken from Goodreads

I had the pleasure of reading author Dandy Smith's first book "The Wrong Daughter" , and was eager to see what her new novel had in store. 

I feel like this book kept me on the edge throughout the entirety. It will be so hard to review this without spoilers. 

This book is told from alternating perspectives, The Wife's view and The Other Woman's view. Verity's husband, Linden, may be dead in the current tense, but through The Other Woman's lens we get to go back in time and see her point of view. 

We get little tidbits of what her life with Linden was like. Clues that may reveal who she was. But who is stalking her? Who keeps leaving her threatening notes? Perhaps they are the one who killed him...

Meanwhile, in the present tense, Verity is trying to get on with her life, but her realization that her husband is basically trash has her struggling to move on. She needs to know who the other woman is. Then there is the fact that her once best friend is acting strange and refusing to talk to her, disappearing for long stretches of time just to avoid conversation. Meanwhile, her cousin is being very overprotective, almost clingy, wanting her to live her best life now that her horrible husband is gone. 

There are so many crazy twists and turns, ups and downs, and highs and lows in this novel. The author does a fantastic job at keeping the other woman's identity at arms length while also keeping the story interesting and engaging. At no point was I bored or in a hurry to finish. 

Thanks to Netgalley and Kensington Publishing for allowing me an advanced e-copy to read and give my honest review. It was a 5 star read for me! 

"The Wedding Vow" is available now wherever you buy or borrow books so get your copy now! It's a great summer read! 

Happy Reading!