Great psychological thriller! Never knew what was going to happen next! Kept me on my toes. I couldn't put it down!

The novel was entertaining from the start as we see Leah’s ambition and determination to live the life of luxury she deserves. She can be frustrating at times, dumb even 😅

It is full of twists and turns as the secrets get uncovered one by one, however it doesn’t gave me that much of a thrill that I love on books like this and some parts are kind of dragging. Still its is a good book.

Twenty-four year old Leah is on a mission to find herself a rich man. She regularly frequents bars in her quest to find this man, when she stumbles upon 54 year old Miles who seems to have an interest in her. A relationship begins and she meets his cousin Vivienne, who seems to have her own agenda. As the story unfolds, we come to find that everyone has an agenda. This story was fast-paced & entertaining and kept me wanting more.

Thank you to NetGalley & Boldwood Books for an advanced eARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinions.

Leah knows she deserves the life of wealth and comfort. When Leah meets the wealthy Miles, she is pretty sure she has found the perfect match. Miles' wife passed away last year, but he is ready to move on. Miles whisks Leah away to the French countryside. This is the life Leah wants! All is great until she meets Miles' cousin, Vivienne. Vivienne is hard to get along with and seems to hate Leah. She is always bringing up MIles' deceased wife. As Leah starts exploring the chateau and learning more about Miles' deceased wife, she realizes that there may be more to the accident that happened last summer.

This was a fun and easy read - perfect for a summer beach read! I really enjoyed the setting of the French countryside. It felt like I was there with Leah and Miles. Based on the synopsis, I thought this would be quite predictable, but I actually ended up really liking it and was surprised by the twists. Lots of craziness and drama in this one!

Thank you Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Last Mrs Sinclair

Secrets, suspense and power! How far would you go to have the life of your dreams? Leah knows exactly what she wants- safety, contentment and a lavish lifestyle. This intriguing thriller has plenty of twists and turns. A good read!

This book was very different from what I expected it to be. After reading the synopsis I thought this would be just your run of the mill thriller, but it ended up being a lot more about interpersonal drama within the family.

I liked a lot of things about this book. The writing style was very original and kept me hooked throughout the book. This book has a lot of horrible characters, so you'll find yourself rooting against everyone, which is a fun experience.

I did feel like parts of this book dragged a little, the beginning was difficult for me to get through, and the middle part felt very 'slice of life' which isn't something you normally get in thrillers.

It left me feeling very eerie and a little on edge, so it did a good job at that. But this isn't a thriller that's really trying to scare you, it's more about giving you that eerie, anxious feeling. The final conflict did feel satisfactory but I felt like there were too many twists. What made the book so good for me was that it felt real, like something that could happen in real life, and adding such a big amount of twists took away from that realism. I was shocked at some of the twists, which isn't something that happens often for me in thrillers. I also felt like the book was a bit too long, and had some side-plots going on that didn't really end up mattering. So cutting some of those out would have helped with the pacing and the length.

Overall I did like this book. I found myself thinking about it quite a lot the next day, which isn't something I can say about most of the thrillers that I've read. I would recommend this book if you're into thrillers that lean into family drama.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for providing me with an ARC for this book.

Leah’s mother thought her that all relationships are based on power, not love, so when she met Miles, that saying is constantly present.
She works long hours in the Human Resources department of Pillar Assurances, a job she hates. Miles invite her to Paris and then to Château Clairvallon, his family’s property near Montteuilac. There Vivianne is also staying, a lonely woman who recently lost her husband.
Miles’ former wife, Riley, was found dead at the Château, is believed to have fallen from the roof terrace.
When Miles proposes, Vivianne’s reaction is not the best, she had high admiration of Riley and sees Leah as a gold digger, nothing more, specially when he makes her quit her job as she will have no financial reason to continue. He promised to take good care of her. She finally will have the life she’s dreaming about.
I was hooked from the beginning. Great thriller.

Leah Williams knows exactly what she wants from life - comfort, luxury and security. All the things she would have had if her childhood hadn't been derailed by her father's bad decisions. And then she meets Miles Sinclair. After the death of his wife last year, Miles is ready to start living his life again, and Leah know just how to help him.... and what could be wrong with that?

when Miles takes Leah to his chateau in the French countryside, she's excited to get a taste of the life she deserves, even of it means enduring the presence of Miles' cousin Vivienne, who seems determined to insert the memory of his dead wife into every conversation.

Leah wants to live the life of luxury and will do anything in her power to achieve it. I did not care for any of the characters. This is a twisted read that's filled with suspense. The ending tied everything up neatly. I was kept guessing all the way through the book.

Published 26th March 2025

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The Last Mrs Sinclair by T.J. Emerson is an addictive, fast-paced and twisty psychological thriller that grabbed my attention from chapter one! Oh wow!

I struggled to connect with the previous 2 books I finished and thought probably the problem was me but NO! This book grabbed my attention straight away! I loved the storyline, loved the characters, loved how the story unfolded and I absolutely adore the ending! That was a proper WOW moment!

Leah knows what she wants from life and she is going for it! No lovy-dovy love-stories, no deep connections - comfort, wealth, security and status!
Miles lost his wife a year ago and felt an instant connection with Leah... yes, they have a 30+ year age gap but they feel so comfortable with each other.
Miles’ cousin Vivienne will meet both at his chateau in the French countryside and Leah will feel that she is not welcome. at the same time, Vivienne is not the one who dictates the rules so Leah is ready to stand for what could be hers...

Sounds like some love drama? Oh well, believe me, there will be so many heart-pounding moments that you will forget to let out that breath that you didn't realise you were holding!

Absolutely recommend it if you need a fast-paced, read-in-one-sitting thriller!

Thank you NetGalley for this copy!

This was such a good book. Kept me wanting more the whole time and I really didn't like the characters which I love lol.
Some interesting twists too and can't really say any of it wasn't good fun and want to read more from this author too.

Wow, what a rollercoaster The Last Mrs Sinclair was! I couldn’t believe how riveting this book truly was.

The story follows along with sugar baby Leah entering a relationship and planning a wedding with Miles: a much older and wealthy man. He takes her to his family home in the French countryside…where his last wife met her untimely demise. Leah must unravel the secrets hidden in his family home before committing to marry Miles, or losing her own life.

The Last Mrs Sinclair will have you on the edge of your seat and begging for more. I highly recommend this read

What a cast of horrible characters embroiled in a fabulously twisty plot. Leah Williams is determined to experience the finer things in life and soon finds herself engaged to older Miles Sinclair, living in his French chateau. Except then there’s Vivienne, his cousin, and the strange circumstances under which his previous wife died. Needless to say, all the characters have dubious things in their pasts. This was a riveting thriller which I raced through, and I particularly enjoyed the ending that included true redemption. A must-read.

Thank you to T. J Emerson, Boldwood Books and Netgalley for my advance copy.

Ooh!! Terrible, terrible people in this one. Not a good honest bone in anyone! The only saving grace that Leah has is the new job role she takes on in the end.

I knew there was something terribly wrong with both Leah and Miles but hadn't fully guessed what; although Leah is pretty open and honest about her intentions. The red flags fly high in this one!!

I disliked many of the characters but needed to get through the book to find out who was getting their rightful consequences. It keeps you guessing and definitely does not disappoint!

The Last Mrs Sinclair is a fun read and would be great as a beach read.
Leah wants a life of luxury, it’s everything her childhood didn’t have so when she is at a bar one night and meets Miles she thinks this could be in her sight. Miles is quite a few years older than her and is widowed and rich. Miles takes Leah away to his families chateau in a quiet area of the French countryside. Here Leah learns this is where the last Mrs Sinclair died it she can’t get a straight story. Bring in Vivienne the housekeeper/cousin whose husband has just died and things start to not feel right at all.
This was a great read that I liked from start to finish. The ending took me by surprise completely and I never saw it ending the way it did. I liked how each main characters had their own agenda and how it twisted the book up completely. I’m not going into the story line too much as it’ll spoil it but believe me it’s definitely worth a read.
I would like to thank NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

The Last Mrs Sinclair by T.J Emerson. I really enjoy a domestic thriller so this was right up my alley! Leah is after a better life for herself, and she meets Miles, a very wealthy older man who coincidentally happens to be a widower and has his heart set on wooing her. Maybe things are looking up? Nothing is as innocent as it seems when he takes her his chateau in France, where his last wife died a year ago. Can Leah push her suspicions aside and become The Next Mrs Sinclair?
This drew me in from the first chapter, I felt for Leah who seems to have had a bit of a rough trot in life. I zoomed through the book, I loved the setting of the chateau in France. Quick paced and lots of twists, definitely keen to read more from this author!
4/5
Thankyou NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the opportunity to read an advance copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

The Last Mrs. Sinclair is a thrilling, fast-paced read that keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. The twists and turns in the plot are masterfully executed, leaving you eager to see what happens next. With complex characters and an engaging narrative, it's a must-read for anyone who loves suspenseful psychological thrillers!

this. was. AWESOME! I love it when my good old phycological thrillers knock it out the park and can still have be spun. i was thriller and i was emotionally knocked and gripped to the twisty turns and twisty people.
i new Vivienne was a little eeek from the get go. but then i wondered whether i was looking too far into it because i was going by my suspicious cynical thriller reader nature. but i wasnt prepared for what did come next.
i could perhaps see little bits coming but that was only because the story was written so well that i followed it and was clued up. but that didnt stop me being surprised by so much more. i liked that i was just the right amount of shocked and able to play detective at the same time.
i didnt know how " innocent" any of our characters were. even the dead one. the storyline was so good at weaving you in and out as you wanted to read far to quickly to see what was to come next, and next. and i had to stop myself flitting forwards just because i needed to know now.

My favorite suspense book this year! The beginning of the book you can begin to see the odd relationship between Miles and Vivienne, BUT I WAS NOT EXPECTING THE TURNS TO FOLLOW!!! I think we after we read a few suspense books you can spot the upcoming plot twists, while I did see a few they were not the most jarring ones. By the end of the book, I really did not know which way the author would take the ending, but I was pleasantly surprised with the choice.

Overall, I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys suspense. It was a easy read and I finished within two days.

Thank you T.J. Emerson, Boldwood Books, and Netgalley for the eARC. I look forward to more books by this author!

** spoiler alert ** 3.5⭐! I have mixed feelings on this book. While I did feel that there were a lot of unexpected twists and turns, I thought the beginning dragged a little. I also thought the relationship between the two cousins was definitely strange and slightly uncomfortable. I did enjoy the twist at the end and thought it was wrapped up nicely.

Thank you to Boldwood Books & NetGalley for the early access!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for my Advanced Copy. All ideas in this review are my own. I really wanted to love this one but it was just alright for me. None of the characters were likeable and the entire plot line is wrapped in secrets and lies. While they were supposedly under the guise of protecting loved ones, they seemed to be excuses for unacceptable behavior. The plot had the potential to be very good but it got rather long winded and sludge through the middle. In the end, it fell flat. It was not bad and was worth the read but overall not my favorite.

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