WICKEDLY GOOD, sinfully delicious, twisted, dark, with a twisted sense of humor.
I was absolutely drawn in from the very first line of this book and stayed up entirely too late just to see what was going to happen. Tons of twists and turns, easily one of the best books I've read and destined to be a wonderful beach read.
This book is mostly centered around three ladies Erin King, news anchor and president of the Homeowners Association (of course). Erin is married to Mason, whom is a plastic surgeon. Erin has NO filter whatsoever and says whatever comes to mind which is probably why i liked her so much! Next we have the new girl to the neighborhood Brook Davies, she writes mysteries and is married to Jack. Jack is ridiculously wealthy and owns a tech company worth BILLIONS, oh lets not forget the age gap here Brook is young and jack is 22 years older, yummy right? Finally we have Georgia, also known as the black widow because her first two husband suffered unfortunate circumstances. Now Georgia is engaged to Robert, they are to be wed fairly soon but Robert literally disappears of the face of his yacht with no trace.
How well do you know your friends and neighbors? All 3 ladies have their own dark secrets which will soon be revealed.

Thanks to Netgalley for this wonderful Arc

This book epitomizes the fact that beyond the bubble of wealth and what is perceived as creating great happiness, the darkness that lies beneath. One can reshape their outwards appearance like Erin and her multitude of plastic surgery; however, her relationship with Mason was marred by emotional and eventual physical abuse. The ending certainly took me surprise as to how Danny became a character and his relationship with Georgia especially given her nickname of Black Widow. I gasped when Brooke picked up the phone. Great read.

This isn’t my typical read, I usually go for the steamy, angsty romances, but this cover and blurb intrigued me. This was a great read, it kept me guessing as well as turning every page and devouring this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will look for more titles by this author.

Thank you #Netgalley for the advanced copy!

Fun quick read following a few wives who live on a very private exclusive street in a gated community. Brooke is new the block with her tech billionare husband. Her neighbor is known as the "Black Widow" after two of her spouses died within a year of their relationships. Brooke becomes friends with the black widow and other neighbor Erin. This friendship starts quickly when drama happens and the lives become intertwined and covering up each others secrets. Lots of interesting and fun twists!

Really liked this book. Definitely would recommend this book to friends and family who likes to read. Keep my interest the whole time. Never a dull moment. Thank you

This book was a page turner from beginning to end! This book was packed with so much interesting stuff going on! You'll enjoy this book!
This was a short quick read! The writing was great and the characters...... This kinda felt like the real housewives!

Wow! This was a fun read!

A book full of characters and not one likable. Well, they grow on you actually...

Brooke and her tech CEO husband moved into an elite neighborhood in SF - across the street from local news celeb Erin and next door to the notorious tabloid dubbed “Black Widow”.

Alternating chapters give you insight into the crazy, yet relatable inner workings of each woman. At the 75% I was yelling at a few characters! At 90% I’m yelling at others- who turned out to not be as despicable as I thought. In fact, I started this book hating these three ladies and now plan to spend every birthday wish that there will be sequels! Multiple! I can’t get enough from this author.

Thank you for keeping me busy on Valentine’s weekend - the sinful life of trophy wives was just what the dr ordered. Thank you to #kristinmiller, #netgalley and #ballantinebooks for the complimentary copy for an unbiased review.

This was such a juicy page turner - I stayed up way past my bed time to finish because I had to know what happened!
I'm not going to rewrite the synopsis, but these three ladies - WOW. I kept asking myself do people like this really exist? I definitely kept thinking to myself, keep your friends close but you enemies closer. It was so hard to tell if they were really friends or just pretending to be. There were a couple of big twists that I guessed early on, but that last one was unexpected.
This was a such a fun, quick read - I have not picked up a book in a month and a half because of work and this was a great one to get me back in the mood. Not overly detailed and a lot going on - it would actually make a great tv show or Lifetime movie. Lots of fun and will be a great addition to your beach bag when it comes out this summer.

This book was a page turner from beginning to end. Everyone has secrets - especially in this secluded and highly prestigious town. But when new neighbor who happens to be a newscaster finds out that her neighbor is supposedly a husband killer termed the black widow- she will do anything for a interview... I literally couldn’t put this book down and finished in one reading. Amazing character development and integration. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives is a gripping psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the end. The novel introduces the reader to Georgia, Erin, and Brooke, residing in San Francisco's upscale Presidio Terrace, three beautiful women with incredible secrets.

Georgia, known as the Black Widow, is about to be married for the third time, suspected of killing the other two. Newlywed and author Brooke learns of Georgia's reputation when her tech CEO husband buys a home for her in this posh neighborhood. She is introduced to Erin, a popular news anchor and Georgia's best friend, when they invite Brooke for coffee and a celebration aboard Georgia’s fiancée Robert's yacht. But Georgia receives a threatening note, and her fiancée disappears just days before the wedding.

A ransom note and Robert's finger with ring still attached become more material for Brooke's new novel. The plot thickens as Brooke encounters the kidnapper threatening Georgia at gunpoint. Erin's boss promises her an interview of a lifetime if she poses incriminating questions to Georgia before and at her wedding.

Brooke describes the perfect Presidio Terrace "like a vortex where negative energy and drama cling to the air like a fog, swirling round and round our little cul-de-sacs." But the drama sucks the reader in, and questions must be answered. Will Robert be found? Will Erin betray her best friend? Whose husband is really cheating on his wife? The novel wraps up these questions in a surprising conclusion.

First, what drew me in was the gorgeous cover and the three distinct characters. Each chapter is filled with so many turns and twists. The novel takes place over six days, which adds to the suspense. If you love fast-paced thrillers, I highly recommend The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives.

Four enthusiastic stars for this book that kept me up way too late because I couldn't put it down! Full of twists, turn and people behaving badly-- I completely escaped into the setting of Presidio Terrace. The lifestyle, setting and characters felt very reminiscent of Big Little Lies and I was here. for. it. Are people who they really say they are? What secrets are they keeping and how far will they go to keep them?

This book, even the title is so juicy & wicked! It centers around three married ladies living in Presidio Terrace, a gated community in San Francisco for the rich & very rich! Erin King, news anchor and president of the HOA, she’s married to a plastic surgeon, Mason. Erin is the chatty one with no filter, bless her heart! Brooke Davies, a mystery writer in her twenties, she’s married to Jack, who owns a billion dollar tech company that is 22 yrs her senior. And Georgina St. Claire, dubbed the Black Widow by the press because her first two husbands are dead! Georgina is engaged to Robert, but says before their wedding Robert disappears! How well do you know your neighbors? The ladies have secrets and their own agenda, so what are they capable of? There are so many twists & turns to keep you guessing! Highly entertaining & a perfect beachy read! Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine Books, and the author for a gifted copy.

The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives is a TRIP. I felt like I was reading about a reality tv show! Georgia, Brooke, and Erin all have their own complicated stories and I like how the author intermixes them throughout the book to fully develop their characters. The small, quiet, and secure neighborhood Brook moves into is not going to know what hit them! I also like that the husbands and significant others in this book really play a supporting role while the three ladies are front and center of the action. This was a fun, suspenseful read and had several plot twists that shocked me. All I will say about the ending is I did NOT see that one coming. I’m so glad I got to check out this book!

Disclaimer: I received the ARC from the publisher through Net Galley. All opinions are my own.

I most definitely choose a book by its cover when I picked this book and I am so glad I did. A good story with a great twist at the end. The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives is a perfect beach read.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. #Netgalley #TheSinfulLivesofTrophyWives

I loved this book!! The whole twist at the end was not what I thought it was going to be at all, so the element of surprise made this the twisty turning thrill I was hoping for!!! My favorite character; definitely Georgia because she did what was needed to keep herself confident, protected, and be one hell of a woman no matter what her image looked like. Erin was a little typical to me, and Brooke was great to me so modest and level. I loved that I could follow along and that it flowed so well between POV in each chapter. This intrigued me just to see how it would unfold about trophy wives and I believe this to be a brilliant artwork of writing!! I absolutely loved it!! Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read and review with my honest opinions.

The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives


The first chapter is one of the wives deemed the black widow , she is in a coma and can’t wake up.

Then we get ....

Brook and Jack are moving into an exclusive neighborhood. Jack is a billionaire tech guy and Brooke writes murder mystery’s.
He’s always gone , there’s more to him
Than the tech world, but that doesn’t show itself at first.
Brooke , is stuck on book #2, and trying to make the second book as big as hit as the the first. She’s using her new neighbors as characters in the book.

From the jump of the book she instantly connects with Georgia (twice widowed and ready to marry again ) Robert. He’s way to perfect. Georgia is very straight forward and blunt. But she’s got a lot skeletons in her closet which intrigues Brooke even more.

Erin king is a newscaster married to Mason.
She just walked out on her job and it seems to Interrupt Masons life. Not in a good way. Mason is a plastic surgeon and a psychopath.

Lawd have mercy these sinful , debaucherous lives of these women will blow you mind. I loved every twist and turn.
I loved Georgia , She was my favorite. Erin was a surprise and Brooke is an enigma for sure.
I won’t spoil it to much. But def 🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars from me.

Get this book In July when it comes out !! It will not disappoint.

I was lucky to receive an ARC from Netgalley and Random House Publishing-Ballantine in exchange for an honest review. I absolutely loved this book and it was like jumping into an episode of Desperate Housewives! So darn good! I feel like this book may be on the list of Summer 2021 Must Reads! So entertaining! Do yourself a favor and read it as soon as it's published - I promise you will be so glad you did!

A fast-paced, fun read. I found myself not caring about the characters, and maybe that’s why I was able to shrug off twists that should have affected me. But I was also motivated to finish, so a toss up. 3 stars.

Oh well! I felt like I read something from 80’s Dynasty meets Dallas with daytime soap opera style mystery with most dislikable, self absorbed, unreliable villanelles!

I’m directly getting straight to the point opinions: we have three narrators: black widow Georgia, anchor queen, neurotic Erin King and new trophy wife Brooke! I hate the guts of Georgia and Erin who are one dimensional, caricatured, obsessed villanelles and I felt nothing about Brooke: she was so flat, boring till the epilogue.

But interestingly I couldn’t stop reading because writing style was still riveting , making me wonder what the hell those vicious bitches will get themselves into and I have to admit I was hooked when I read the opening where Georgia lies on the hospital bed, remembering snippets from a tragic car accident!

Georgia’s two husbands died suspiciously and people still think she may be involved in their deaths. Now she’s marrying again but her next husband to be is giving high alerts to us. Does he hit on Erin when Georgia is only a few feet away?

And Erin just walked out from her job, trying to adjust her life as stay at home wife, suffering from psychological breakdown, thinking her husband has an affair!

And Brooke who just moved to the neighborhood with her tech mogul husband gives us sneaky vibes. What is she hiding?

But most importantly:
What happened the night Georgia had that tragic car accident ? What was the main reason of the car crash? Who died at the crime scene?
Even though I hate the guts of the characters and I mostly found them too ridiculous too artificial too nervous, I liked the pacing of the book and final twist was the great one!

I was too close to give it 4 stars after that surprise turn of events because the artificial premise, telenovelas kind of progression turn into something like #metoomovement

But I think not only the women, I also hated the guts of the men especially Mason was a real tool! So my hate for them overshadowed
the successful wrap up!

I’m considering to give 3.25 stars ! This book was still entertaining pop corn and wine read! If you like over dramatic trophy wives reality shows who act too dramatic, throwing drinks at each other’s faces, making your ears bleed with irritating villanelle laugh, starting cat fight by scratching each other’s faces, this is fun choice to read! Okay, I’m kidding! Of course it’s more than that! At least I haven’t gotten bored for a second. It was still exciting and moving read!

I have to be honest it was not one of bad read experiences and it’s truly above the average ( last chapters were concluded satisfyingly) so I want to read more works of the author in near future. I’m so sure I’ll enjoy her next work a little more!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing / Ballantine Books for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest opinions.

Brooke is new to the neighborhood and is to a big tech mogul, Jack, but she is also a mystery writer. Moving into the neighborhood has given her inspiration with her current book she is writing. Erin King is a famed news anchor married to her plastic surgeon husband, Mason. Then there is Georgia also known as The Black Widow because her past 2 husbands have died. Georgia and Erin have been the best of friends and quickly bond with Brooke. There is so much to celebrate as Georgia is about to get married to her third husband, Robert. But when Robert mysteriously disappears so many secrets are revealed. Did Georgia really kill her husbands? Is Mason cheating on Erin? What is Brooke hiding about her past?