Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for my e-ARC of A Friend in the Dark!

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐔
💻 still use Facebook to communicate with people
🎣 live in the state of Michigan
💔 are hung up on someone from the past
🎸 would do anything for a Les Paul

• 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓

Eden Miller’s world is crumbling. Her husband blindsided her with divorce, and her daughter barely speaks to her. In an impulsive decision to escape her present and revisit the past, she sends a friend request to her college crush, Justin Ward.

One night twenty-three years ago changed the course of her life. It closed the door on Justin and opened the door to her husband, Dave. But what if Eden could have a do-over?

Eden begins an online relationship with Justin that awakens her in ways she never thought possible, and his voice and words make her take bold risks. But something’s off. He knows too much about her and her family…he’s been following her.

Eden is forced to awaken from her fantasy and look for answers―who really is the man on the other line? The truth about Justin―and about what happened that fateful night two decades ago―puts her and her family in a fight for their lives.

• 𝐌𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒

We are brought right into the action right from the start of this story! I honestly went into this one blind, and I am so glad that I did because I didn’t have a clue how anything was going to go down, but I knew that I was immediately invested when Eden, our first MC, begins chatting with an old flame. While I had my doubts and suspicions surrounding Justin and Eden’s exchanges, I was still 100% shocked by the twist near the end of the story. There was a lot that I just didn’t see coming but loved. The action was non stop which I loved as it made me fly through the story! I highly recommend if you enjoy fast paced thrillers!

Well based on this, 2024 is shaping up to be a year of great thrillers! This is my first read by Samantha Bailey and it cemented her on my auto buy author list!! I am so thankful she allowed us to have this exclusive tour for her before anyone else has a chance to read this! I am not one to read books this far ahead of pub dates, but I started this and could not put it down! Any second I got to read, I had it open and devouring it! I had so many thoughts and things right when I finished .. but spoilers… so I had to immediately message Samantha and get them all out! This book is going to get a lot of attention as it gets closer to publication date in March 2024! There were some things that I suspected, but the way Samantha reveals them is shocking!!! It was thrilling, twisty, shock worthy, made me cringe.. it really had me feeling all the emotions! Just trust me on this, you don’t want to miss it!

Eden Miller’s world is crumbling. Her husband blindsided her with divorce, and her daughter barely speaks to her. In an impulsive decision to escape her present and revisit the past, she sends a friend request to her college crush, Justin Ward. One night twenty-three years ago changed the course of her life. It closed the door on Justin and opened the door to her husband, Dave. But what if Eden could have a do-over? Eden begins an online relationship with Justin that awakens her in ways she never thought possible, and his voice and words make her take bold risks. But something’s off. He knows too much about her and her family…he’s been following her. Eden is forced to awaken from her fantasy and look for answers—who really is the man on the other line? The truth about Justin—and about what happened that fateful night two decades ago—puts her and her family in a fight for their lives.

Wow! A sizzling, deliciously, creepy and deceptive novel that had me reading till I finished the book. It took me a few hours to read which is abnormal but it was so good; I had to finish before sleep called my name. This book signifies Samantha as a favorite and I will forever read whatever she writes in the future.

😱 I read this in one day! I loved that Eden was a middle aged woman. After her husband, Dave, blindsided her by asking for a divorce, she is left feeling lonely and empty. What if Eden could have a do-over? She reaches out to her first crush, Justin, “the one that got away” and he awakens her in ways she never thought possible, and his voice and words make her take bold risks. But something’s off. He knows too much about her and her family… Eden is forced to awaken from her fantasy and look for answers—who really is the man on the other line? And what has she gotten herself and her family into?

This book was steamy and thought provoking! As a married person with children, it’s very easy to fall into a routine where intimacy and communication can fly out the window. It made me look at my life and marriage, as well as think about my parents relationship and consider all the what-ifs.

Highly recommend if you like thrillers with:
- Family drama
- Online romance
- Stalking
- Secrets
- Gaslighting
- Sexting
- Twists

Thank you Thriller Book Lovers Promotions, Amazon Publishing and Samantha M. Bailey for an advanced copy and being an early reader of this book.