A Palm Beach Wife is a tale of a woman’s strength set against the odds in the glamorous, opulent, back stabbing town of Palm Beach, Fla. The main character, Faith Harrison, ingeniously and tirelessly works to save her financially ruined family and her drug her addicted husband in the face of a society that warms itself on gossip and indulgence. The strength of Faith grows with each devastating incident creating the type of person you would want to have your back in a crisis.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book. Unfortunately, this book was not for me. Faith is a Palm Beach wife whose husband has made some bad life choices leaving Faith to clean up his mess. Some scenes in this book were just scattered and I felt like there was no real development until about halfway through the book. I think it has the potential to be a summer beach read, it just focuses too much on the prices and names of objects and could use a little more character development/storyline. (Example: I would like to know more about how Mrs A found Faith and why she was focused on being her mentor.)

Faith had it all, the Palm Beach life , or did she ? Secrets and lies keep you twisting and turning to the very last page . This book was graciously provided to me via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book compared to that of Elin Hiliderbrand and it has a beautiful cover. I did not find it similar to Hilderbrand at all. The writing is so jerky and jumps all over the place it is extremely hard to follow Faith and her rich Palm Beach family drama. This one wasn’t for me.

This book was decent. I liked, Faith, the main character, but her lifestyle was not anything I could relate to. It was hoping this would be similar to books by Elin Hilderbrand or Liane Moriarty, but it was not.

This was a did not finish book for me -- I just couldn't get into it and after getting through 25% I stopped.

I'm normally a big fan of light read, women's fiction but there was just something about this that wasn't drawing my attention.

I was excited to read A Palm Beach Wife after reading the description and seeing her writing being compared to Elin Hilderbrand. Unfortunately, I didn’t find that to be the case when I was reading it. I did think the story line was interesting but something just didn’t click for me and I couldn’t get into the characters.
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for this advanced copy, my opinions are my own.
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Faith is the type of character that you will either love or hate. She is both a champion of herself and her family and a naive women who looses so much at the hand of her husband. But, regardless of how you feel about Faith, A Palm Beach Wife is a wonderful, escapist read. My favorite part of the book was the setting-I loved the glimpse into the lifestyles of Palm Beach. Having spent some time vacationing at the Breakers (but having no where near the actual money of any one else vacationing at the Breakers), this book was a guilty pleasure. It was an incredible look behind the screen of perfection you find at such places.

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

I struggled with this book, the writing style is very disjointed with information inserted randomly, it’s just all over the place. Since it is an advance copy so I hope there is some editing to define a better flow, but it was a very tough read.

This book didn't work for me. At first I wondered if it was the formatting that caused it to feel like it jumped from scene to scene. As I went on, I realized it was the style of the writing that was throwing me off. It felt frantic, even when nothing was really happening. A large (most) part of my 2 starts is due to the style not being for me, but how this was marketed factors in as well. I would not describe this as perfect for fans of another author, especially since the only thing linking the two is that they write about people who live in ridiculously wealthy areas.

When I requested this from Net Galley, the description seemed to be my type of story. Little Big Lies came to mind. Unfortunately, I just couldn't relate to the Palm Beach life style and found myself having a tough time reading the book to the last page. Thanks to the publisher, author and Net Galley for the chance to read the ARC.

I really enjoyed the escapist start of Faith's story. She was a junior queen of the society scene in Palm Beach, and worked at and owned a vintage consignment store on Worth Avenue, one of my favorite streets of all time.

The book however begins to fall apart very quickly when it's discovered that all is not what it seems in Faith's perfect life and marriage.

In an effort not to spoil the book, I will not reveal specifics, but a new character came out of nowhere and I was distracted by the hard left turn from escapist fiction to a different type of story all together.

That said, I felt Ms. Marren writes well and is an engaging storyteller. I loved the vintage details in the work.

I will definitely try her next book.

Thanks to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for an ARC.

I reallu looked forward to reading this book. I did not enjoy this book as it was not my cup of tea. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book. Although I received the book in this manner, it did not affect my opinion of this book nor my review.

Maren provides an intriguing insight into Palm Beach society life with this novel. Well worth the read.

Great read about Palm Beach high society. When Faith's husband financially ruins them, she is the one who takes the lead to bring them out of debt. Layered on top of the financial stress Faith deals with the ghosts of her past -- her family, her ex and her husband's addiction as well as the social fallout from their financial ruin. Great read...still perplexed by the ending.




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Exactly as described in a good way!!!! If you want to lose yourself in a story of rich lives and things not being as they seem, this is the book! Read it in 2 days :)

Faith is living the good life in Palm Beach where she lives, works, and parties among the wealthy. At a gala event that is being chaired solely by Faith, her husband informs her that he has made some bad investments and their personal wealth has been depleted-they are broke. As her husband begins to break down, Faith is left with the task of trying to find enough money to help pay off their debts while trying to keep her store and hopefully her home. A good, dramatic read.

A delicious read Palm Beach a town built on money huge mansions gorgeous designer clothes jewelry Hermès Birken bags galore.Faith has it all Edward her husband wealthy loving their lovely grown daughter Katherine & Faith owns the most fabulous consignment shop there.All seems perfect till that night at the gala when Edward has something he must tell her he has lost their money & the money he was given to invest from his clients. Faith life will never be the same& as her life unravels Faiths own secrets start to come out, A multi layered book really enjoyed.the read. Thanks #netgally #st.Marti ns books

As the weather starts to get cooler up here in New York this is the perfect read to start warming things up! You'll fall easily into the rich world of Palm Beach and get caught up in all of the drama and gossip. It's always way more fun to read than have so much drama in your own life!

I lived in Wellington, Florida for 3 years and that is a small suburb of West Palm Beach. I can say this book is an funny but accurate description of the women of Palm Beach. So fun to read a book about where I spent some of my time as a wife.