A Top 10 Library Reads pick
Everyone is about to know what her husband isn’t telling her…
Jade and Cam Lasky are by all accounts a happily married couple with two adorable kids, a spacious home and a rapidly growing restaurant business. But their world is tipped upside down when Jade is confronted by a masked home invader. As Cam scrambles to gather the ransom money, Jade starts to wonder if they’re as financially secure as their lifestyle suggests, and what other secrets her husband is keeping from her.
Cam may be a good father, a celebrity chef and a darling husband, but there’s another side he’s kept hidden from Jade that has put their family in danger. Unbeknownst to Cam and Jade, the home invader has been watching them and is about to turn their family secrets into a public scandal.
With riveting twists and a breakneck pace, My Darling Husband is an utterly compelling thriller that once again showcases Kimberly Belle's exceptional talent for domestic suspense.
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What People Are Saying
In the kind of twisty page-turner that readers know they can rely on Belle to deliver, a mother fights for the lives of her children while trying to unravel her husband’s secret life. Riveting suspense, truly surprising revelations, and silky smooth writing make this one unmissable!
— Joshilyn Jackson, NYT bestselling author of Mother May I
Kimberly Belle is the bestselling author of “Dear Wife” and “The Marriage Lie.” Now she has a new thriller coming out about Jade and Cam Lasky, a happily married couple with two kids and a great business, whose lives were going splendidly until a masked invader broke into their home and demanded a ransom or else he would hurt their kids. Turns out this was not the best time for Cam to tell Jade that he was actually in debt and that the restaurant business wasn’t working out as well as he’d made it seem. But wait: Jade suddenly realizes the invader’s eyes look familiar. Was the invasion not as random as it seemed?! Hold onto your hats as things happen at a break-neck pace.
—Good Morning America
This heart in your throat thriller doesn’t quit. From the moment the masked gunman shows up in our protagonist’s garage, you are hooked. A ticking clock, a deadline, an unreasonable demand, an underlying mystery - what more could you want from a home invasion thriller? Add this to your to-read list immediately!
—Catherine McKenzie, USA Today bestselling author of You Can’t Catch Me and Six Weeks to Live
This captivating thriller from Belle (Dear Wife) opens with celebrity chef Cam Lasky—Atlanta’s much touted “steak king”—trying to explain to a TV reporter why he doesn’t deserve to be called “the most hated man in America” because of certain accusations against him that arose following the home invasion several months earlier that involved his wife, Jade, and their two young children being taken hostage. Flash back to the fateful day. At work, Cam is dealing with suspicious insurance adjusters after a fire destroyed his popular signature restaurant. Jade’s distraught call forces Cam to refocus his priorities—she and the children have been ambushed by a masked man hiding in their garage. The kidnapper knows details about their lives, including Cam’s work schedule, and wants exactly $734,296. Raising the cash is a problem, because, unknown to Jade, Cam is deeply in debt. Cam wonders whether the fire was set by his loan shark or by a vengeful former employee. Several well-placed twists deliciously shake up the brisk plot, which smoothly moves among the viewpoints of Jade, Cam, and the kidnapper. Belle knows how to keep the pages turning.
—Publisher’s Weekly
Atlanta restaurateur Cam Lasky seemingly has it all, until a fire at his eatery and a terrifying home invasion threaten to destroy all he holds dear. With multiple perspectives adding to the mystery, this is another clever, fast-paced thriller from Belle. For readers of Lisa Gardner and Chevy Stevens.
—Library Reads (a December pick)
This novel should come with two warnings: a) clear your schedule because once you start you can’t stop, and b) hold on tight because you’re in for one hell of a ride. A tale of a perfect-marriage-until-you-scratch-the-surface meets terrifying home invasion begins at breakneck speed and doesn’t let up. Gripping, intense and utterly bingeworthy, My Darling Husband had me holding my breath more times than I can count. Fabulously constructed, brilliantly layered and secretive characters, plus heroines you’ll cheer for, Belle once again proves she’s a true master of domestic suspense. Do yourself a favor and pick this book up now!
—Hannah Mary McKinnon, bestselling author of Sister Dear and You Will Remember Me
A woman’s fight for her life leads her to truths she never wanted to discover in this gripping domestic thriller from Kimberly Belle. Jade seemingly has it all: a celebrity-chef husband, two beautiful kids, and a home in one of Atlanta’s ritziest neighborhoods. Then out of the blue, a frightening man breaks into her house and demands $734,296—or he’ll kill her and her children. And it only gets more harrowing from there. When her husband starts scrambling to raise the ransom, Jade realizes just how little she really knows about his business empire. Belle continually shifts the story’s point of view so that we get to watch the ongoing crisis from all sides. We were totally hooked as she peels back layer after layer, finally revealing the shocking secret at the heart of Jade’s life. A good old-fashioned thriller that brilliantly plays on some of our most common fears, My Darling Husband is gonna keep you up reading way too late.
— Apple Books
Meet Jade and Cam Lasky, an ultimate power couple consisting of a former designer and a renowned chef. After Jade sacrificed her career to support her husband’s culinary quests, life happened, with two kids and a restaurant empire in between. But Jade is paranoid that she’s being stalked. Paranoia becomes reality when she pulls into her driveway and is then held at gunpoint and taken for ransom by someone who claims to know all her family’s secrets. The kidnapper then informs Jade’s husband that he has until 7 p.m. to bring a specific (and astronomical) amount of cash to the house. What follows is a twisty thriller and race against the clock told from various points of view — including the captor's.