Their Double Lives by Jaime Lynn Hendricks was everything I wanted in a thriller. It was fast paced and full of manipulation, double crossing, secrets and lies. There were two main points of view, with a few more added in later, that gave a boost to the storytelling and how everything unfolded. While I did figure out a couple of the twists, I was still very much invested in Poppy Jade’s story and thought she deserved so much better.

Thanks to #NetGalley and #PenzlerPublishers for the book #TheirDoubleLives by #JaimeLynnHensdricks. This book blew mw away with all the conspiracies, revenge and murder. Kim, a waitress living paycheck to paycheck, is trying to find the money for surgery for her dog. So when an opportunity falls into her lap for that money, she reluctantly agrees to put a pill into a guys drink. When his girlfriend does instead, she has to figure out what’s going on. Who did this, why did they want him dead and why his girlfriend died instead? What she finds out is Disturbing and crazy.

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:
Looking for a quick, binge-able book that you cannot put down?! This is the one🙌🏻 This may be my new favorite book by Hendricks! I was sucked in from the first chapter and could not put this book down. I loved the characters, the dual timelines, the alternating POVs, and the plot itself. This book centers around secrets, lies, revenge, unreliable characters, and murder. Hendricks knocked it out of the park with this twisty, fast-paced, fun, and suspenseful thriller. BRAVO Hendricks-this book is AMAZING and a must read!!!🙌🏻👏🏻

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗘𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆:
✦A binge-able, quick, fast-paced read
✦Popcorn thrillers
✦Dual timelines and alternating POVs
✦A book that centers around secrets, lies, revenge, unreliable characters, and murder


𝐌𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5/5

I listened to the audiobook for this one and I really liked the narration a lot. It started with quite the bang and a beginning that really hooked me. The book has several different perspectives and is primarily from Kim, a waitress in a country club, and PJ, a woman at the country club with a rich husband. I don’t want to go through many details because I think the book is more fun if you don’t know what you’re about to get into. This book is full of some fun twists and turns and while I could predict most of them I still enjoyed every second of the wild ride. I liked all of the characters (although some I just admired their awfulness). This was a super quick read and the story really just flowed and I listened to most of it in one sitting. Overall I gave this one 4.5 stars rounded up because it was such pure enjoyment even if there were more than a couple of cheesy moments.

𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝖺 𝖿𝗎𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝗂𝖾'𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾. 𝖨𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝖻𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗉, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 exactly 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾! Just forget everything and get lost in the book

𝖨𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝖻𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗓𝗓𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗂𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋.
𝖳𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗂𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝖯𝖮𝖵, 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝖿𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖺/𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗌, 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍.

𝖨 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗈 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗃𝖺𝗐 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 , 𝗎𝗇𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌.

𝖣𝖾𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝗇. ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

Jaime Lynn Hendricks has done it again! I always think of Ashley Winstead calling her the queen of the page turner, and this one is no different! Not only do I relate to being willing to do anything to save my dog, I also loved how the characters played against each other, and how the ending came together. If you love fast paced, twisty stories that leave your jaw on the ground, you will adore this one!

Special shout-out to Kim Valva, who I know on Instagram and is the name for the main character, and to Gare Billings' sweet Murphy boy for making appearances in this book!

This was fantastic. If you’re a fan of the movie Drop then this is right up your alley. From the jump the stakes were made and action hit the ground running.

A struggling waitress is made an offer she can't refuse in this addictive, page-turning mystery.

This might just be my favorite to date by this author. While it had many cliché characters, including a rich, snobby older woman with too much botox, a high powered, sleazy businessman, and a guy with a dangerous past, they were all done exceptionally well and realisticly so. Although this was a quick, easy read, there was a bit more depth than to label it as a "popcorn thriller," in my opinion. The plot was a great take on revenge and what people can be capable of when put in certain situations. What I liked most here was that there wasn't exactly some big twist that tried to blow the reader's mind to the point of trying too hard. This still had some surprises in store for us but concentrated more on the story and the people involved. The icing on the cake was the ending, leaving the reader with a devious smile and shouting "yes!" in our heads. I see this book and this author going places, and I can't wait to see what she has in store for us next. Four stars.

Thank you, Netgalley and Penzler Publishers, for this ARC.

3.75 ⭐️ I received an arc of this on netgalley but it was hard to read because of all the jumbled words.

Kim is down on her luck. She’s trying to make ends meet as a waitress and her poor puppy needs a life saving surgery which she doesn’t have any money for. Someone randomly gets ahold of her with an opportunity to make some money for her dogs surgery. She can’t turn down the job, she loves her dog more than anything.

Kim’s ex boyfriend Tony is the target. He isn’t just the target for Kim though. His new fiancé wants him dead as well.

This book had more potential but overall, it was a decent book.

Thanks netgalley and publisher for the chance to read this book for free in return for my honest
opinion.

𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐔
☠️ would poison someone to save your dog
🤫 ever lied about yourself
🫂 have a ride or die bestie
give people you hate awful nicknames

I have read every single one of Hendricks books and she’s continues to be my go to thriller author. A down-on-her-luck waitress at a posh New Jersey country club, Kim Valva couldn’t be living a more different life from the carefree socialites she serves. Her live-in boyfriend recently cheated on her, her social life is in shambles, and her dog needs a life-saving surgery that she can’t afford. Then her luck seems to change when a mysterious figure identifying themself only as The Stranger contacts her with an offer she can’t refuse: Put a pill in the new member’s drink and, when he dies, she’ll have enough money to fix her dog and her life.

Her target turns out to be Tony Fiore—Kim’s bad boy ex-boyfriend from high school. Fifteen years have passed, and he now goes by Anthony Fuller. He’s cleaned up, made tens of millions, and his gorgeous fiancée, twenty-two-year-old PJ Walsh, is on his arm.

PJ had her own agenda from the second she met Anthony. Find him, trick him, marry him, kill him. It was supposed to be easy, but she finds that while living her double life, the lines blur between who she is and who she’s pretending to be.

Stunned to see Tony again, Kim can’t bring herself to go through with spiking his drink. Instead, it is PJ who dies horrifically at the table just as dinner ends. Was someone else at the club—member or worker—tasked with poisoning PJ just as she had been instructed to do to Tony? Who would want both of them dead? With no one to trust and The Stranger to answer to, Kim must peel back the layers of deceit to reveal a deeply buried truth, more shocking than she could ever imagine…

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Okay, so even though the whole idea of the story was a bit much, I had an absolute blast reading this popcorn thriller! You definitely have to just go with it and not think too hard, but for pure fun? It's the perfect book to read by the pool in the summer. I was totally into all the drama in the plot – it was so juicy and kept me wanting to know what would happen next. The story moved super fast, and switching between different characters' viewpoints kept me guessing the whole time. I honestly had no clue where things were going, and it was such a wild ride. If you're looking for a thriller that's addictive, full of twists, drama, and intrigue, definitely give this one a try – it was so much fun!

“He’d really make a great boyfriend.”

“I’m no goddamn man maid!”

“He may be a cheater but…”

Thanks to Jaime Lynn Hendricks, HighBridge Audio and Scarlet for my #gifted copy of this #audiobook

So far I’ve read #findingtessa and #alovelylie and loved both of them. So surprise I enjoyed this one as well.

People just planning to unalive people galore in this one.

The reveals were expertly timed and so well written.

Although there were a lot of characters, by the end of the book I felt I knew each of them personally. I love when an author can write like that. It’s a skill you’ve gotta have when writing a book like this and JLH def has that skill.

This is one of those books where as you’re reading you’ll be like “…annnnd the plot thickens….” So many entangled bad people in these pages and murder is always the answer to any problem.

Highly recommend this compulsive read! Finished in a day!

Binge worthy and unhinged!

Kim Valva is moonlighting as a waitress in a club for the privileged elite. Her beloved dog needs a life saving and very expensive surgery sooner rather than later. She is offered a sketchy deal by someone only known as The Stranger to slip some poison to a patron of the club and all of her financial problems will be solved. But things spiral out of control quickly when she hesitates to administer the deadly dose. She recognizes the target. It’s her ex boyfriend, Tony, from high school. She can’t kill him!

Tony arrived at the club that night, showing off his new and beautiful fiancée, Poppy Jade, otherwise known as PJ. While Kim wrestles with the decision to NOT slip poison to Tony, PJ tragically and dramatically dies during dinner. Kim is confused. Was one of her coworkers also approached by The Stranger and instructed to kill PJ? What is going on?? Can she just return the money to The Stranger and bow out of the shady deal? But how will she now raise the funds to save her dog? Or will The Stranger kill her and her dog for not following through? Oh what a tangled web of lies and deception!

I always look forward to Jamie Lynn Hendricks new books and this one was a page turner till the end. I feared for Kim’s life and wondered how PJ ended up dead when Tony was the target. Round and round it went until the twisty conclusion. So good!

Thank you Netgalley, Penzler Publishers, and the author for this eARC in exchange for my honest review. This book will be available for purchase on May 20, 2025

Thank you @scarletsuspense @penzlerpub and @NetGalley for my copy!

Jaime Lynn Hendricks does it again with another great, binge-worthy thriller. I was hooked from the start and couldn’t wait to see how all of the pieces of the story would fit together. I loved the character development throughout, and getting to know them through both past and present timelines. This story was full of twists, deception, and betrayal. Highly recommended this well plotted thriller!

Read if you enjoy:
✔️Multiple POVs
✔️Dual timelines
✔️Morally gray characters
✔️Popcorn thrillers
✔️Revenge

Kim is a waitress at a posh New Jersey Country Club struggling in life and worried about her dog Murphy who needs a live saving surgery that she cannot afford. Kim is contacted by an individual who calls themselves The Stranger offering her a lot of money to kill a patron by slipping a pill in his drink. Enough money to pay for her dog’s life saving surgery and allowing her to live comfortably for a while. Kim is shocked to find out the targeted patron is her first love from high school who has changed his name to Anthony and who has become a millionaire. Kim decides to back out because she cannot go through with killing him. Imagine her shock when Anthony’s fiancé, PJ dies a horrible death instead while sitting at the dining table with Anthony and other patrons. Kim cannot believe what just happened and is determined to find out who wanted Anthony dead and why his fiancé PJ died instead.

🌟 THEIR DOUBLE LIVES is twisty and original with a delicious and satisfying ending, and I predict it will be a summer hit! There were so many jaw dropping moments that my husband had to tell me to stop gasping out loud because I was startling him 🤣 I think THEIR DOUBLE LIVES has knocked Finding Tessa out of first place as my favorite Hendricks book!

This author knows how to write vile and horrible characters that get under your skin and Carla takes the prize in this book! She is something else!

🔥 Hendricks has proven herself to be a masterful thriller writer, and I cannot wait to see what she comes up with next!

Thank you to HighBridge Audio for my gifted ALC, and thank you to Penzler Publishers for my gifted ARC.

Their Double Lives is a killer, double crossing, double take of a thriller. Each time you think you grasp what’s happening, you’re wrong. It was freaking delicious. And the last sentence? I cackled. It was the cherry on top of a brilliant book.

I am newer to Jaime Lynn Hendricks, but wow. She packs a punch. Her writing is like biting into a crispy red apple. Juicy and sweet. It makes me want to read everything she has ever written.

This is the type of book I want to wipe from my memory, just so I can read it for the first time again. You need to listen to the hype around this one, because it is a blast. Full of twists and turns, you’ll be surprised until the very end.

Kim, a waitress in an upscale country club, needs money for her ailing dog. When she is contacted by The Stranger and given a task, just slip a pill in a member's drink and all your money troubles will be gone, Kim thinks she has found the answer to her prayers. When the member turns out to be her ex-boyfriend, who has a new girl on his arm, Kim can't go through with the plan. Instead, shockingly, Kim's ex's girlfriend dies at the table. What ensues is a twisted tale told from several viewpoints. This was good from beginning to end, just when you think the twists have stopped, they keep coming until the very last page.

What a tangled web we weave! Secrets, lies, manipulation, double lives, and danger set the stage for Their Double Lives! This was such a gripping, fast paced, entertaining, addictive, and thrilling book which had me turning the pages at warp speed as I wanted to know how things were going to unfold! This book is full of twists and turns which kept me fully invested and turning those pages.

Kim Valva is a waitress who is in desperate need of making some money as Murphy, her beloved dog, needs life saving surgery. When she is contacted by 'The Stranger' who offers her a lot of money to put a pill in the drink of a member at the country club where she works, she agrees. She'll do anything to save her dog's life. Putting a pill in someone's drink sounds easy - deadly yet easy. Shockingly, her mark just happens to be Tony Fiore (now known as Anthony Fuller), her high school boyfriend. It really is a small world after all.

As the night unfolds, it is not Tony/Anthony who dies, his fiancée, twenty-two-year-old PJ Walsh dies instead. This leaves Kim reeling and wondering if someone else was tasked with killing PJ as she was tasked with killing Tony!?! Just what is going on? Who is "The Stranger" Why did PJ die? Was she murdered or did she have a food related allergy? Who can be trusted?


This was a delightfully twisted and clever tale! This was a wonderfully written, well thought out, perfectly plotted engrossing book that I had a hard time putting down! Whew! What a wild and crazy ride Their Double Lives turned out to be!

Addictive, gripping, twist filled, and hard to put down!

I was lucky enough to have both the kindle and audiobook versions of Their Double Lives which made for an exciting reading experience. I thought the narrator of the audiobook did a wonderful job of bringing the book to life!

DOUBLE LIVES is a well plotted, fast-paced story of revenge at its best. I really enjoyed it and think this is the author’s best book I’ve read to date. I’ll be anxiously awaiting her next book. I hope it won’t be too long! Highly recommend!!

Many thanks to NetGalley, Penzler Publishers and HighBridge Audio for my gifted copies.

This review will be shared to my Instagram (@coffee.break.book.reviews) closer to the publication date.

I have been yelling at you for years to read @jaimelynnhendricksauthor books and that is never going to stop!

I’m obsessed with her books. They always have me gripped from the very first page.

I technically got Their Double Lives from @netgalley and after I got approved something kept telling me to wait until I had my physical copy in my hands. Lucky for me, Barnes and Noble shipped my copy early.

Immediately it jumped my entire TBR and I read it physically. I haven’t had an experience like this with a book in an extremely long time. I could not put this book down to save my life. It was 100% a single sitting read for me. I honestly don’t remember the last time I’ve had one of those.

Jaime Lynn Hendricks will keep you guessing until the very last page. Everything you think you might know will always get flipped on its head.

If she wasn’t on your radar before, it better be now!

May 20th be sure to get your hands on Their Double Lives. You won’t regret it!

5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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