Waking up on your wedding day to find your fiancé dead beside you? 😳 That’s just the beginning of the chaos in The Bride’s Secret. What follows is a twisty, fast-paced thriller with two women, one murder weapon, and a trail of secrets that kept me flipping pages late into the night.

I didn’t see the connection between the two POVs coming—and I loved that. If you’re into domestic thrillers with unexpected turns, this one’s for you!

I would like to thank Bookouture & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review

This is a fast paced story told from two points of view. I did find it a bit confusing but it all fell into place at the end.
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This is a great book! It’s so engrossing and fast paced. It’s told in two points of view, and if one point of view is giving a little more background, then the other one has the action. So really, there is always something happening in this book. At first you’re left to wander how the second women/POV fits into the story, but once it’s revealed, WOW!!!! That was the biggest twist for me and I didn’t see it coming. I didn’t predict it and my guesses were definitely way off.

There’s also a mental health aspect to this story, which I really appreciated. A character volunteers at a hotline, which I really appreciated it. Yes, someone uses this hotline in a nefarious matter, but explaining the hotline, hearing a few stories of how it was used to help people, that’s what I really enjoyed!

The ending was full of action and suspense. It was a really good ending! It felt a little cliff hangerish with the last line, so I’m wondering if there is going to be more, but otherwise, it was perfect!

WTAF Maeve! It's your wedding day...what have you done?...but did you?

Man this was goooood! It's a story of two halves with chapters told from both Maeve and Gilly. Who's Gilly I hear you ask...there's no spoilers from me...but you'll be shocked...I know I was!!

It's a super fast twisty thriller where suspense goes through the roof and the adrenaline kicks in...I needed a rest after reading.

Exciting, engaging and enjoyable!

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Rating: 4 🍷🍷🍷🍷
Book: The Bride’s Secret
Author: Rosie Walker
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Sipping thoughts: The Bride’s Secret by Rosie Walker is a n psychological thriller that slowly unravels through dual timelines—one revealing the bride’s haunting past, the other her unraveling present. Small reveals every few chapters build a growing sense of unease, as mystic undertones blur the line between memory and something darker. At its heart is a murder, with the bride at the center of a twisting whodunit that keeps the reader guessing until the final page. Subtle, suspenseful, and satisfyingly dark.

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Review for 'The Bride's Secret' by Rosie Walker

An absolutely epic read from the very talented Rose Walker!!! Absolutely rammed full of twists, tension and turns!! Congratulations Rosie on a fantastic page turner!!

This is an extremely well written book with vivid descriptions that will suck you straight into the storyline and captivated from beginning to end. The synopsis and cover worked perfectly with the storyline.

This is one of those gripping books that once you have started you are gripped by the storyline immediately! I was absolutely hooked throughout, a true page turner from beginning to end. Rosie is one of those amazing authors who writes these epic books that when you are reading them you promise yourself one more chapter and then you'll go to sleep but each time she ends her chapters in a way that has you hooked so you have to read just one more, but then another and before you know it you have walked around all day with the book glued to your hands and have devoured it in one sitting!!! You really do need to grab your copy of this explosive, dark and gritty thriller to find out more about this fantastic page turner for yourselves!! I can guarantee that you will not regret it and if you have never read any books by Rosie Walker before this then you may even discover your new favourite author!! With a storyline filled with suspense, tension, emotions, secrets, drama, twists, danger and so much more you genuinely could not ask for any more!! I absolutely adored the unique storyline and was absolutely hooked from start to finish. I read this book in less than 24 hours and I'm looking forward to reading more books by this fantastic author. After reading hundreds of crimes and thrillers it's getting harder and harder to shock me but at no point did I even consider the ending of this mind blower!!! It is one of the best books I have read this year and I really enjoyed and loved the ending!!! I won't say more as not to spoil it for future readers. It is a true page turner that will leave you biting your nails on the edge of your seat with your heart racing. Hope your busy typing your next book up Rosie as I cannot wait and until then I am off to get stuck into the rest of the books that you have written and if they are anything like this one are guaranteed to be huge successes!!! This book would make an absolutely amazing and box selling movie that I would be first in line to see!!!

Clear your schedules as you will not be able to put down this heart racing thriller!!!

I loved meeting all the characters who were all strong, well defined and unique. I become completely invested in Maeve and Gilly along with all of the other characters. Rosie's absolutely fantastic evocative writing skills and descriptions made it feel like you were standing right next to them both throughout feeling everything that they are feeling and going through everything they are right along with them. Rosie does a brilliant job of weaving the multiple protagonist perspectives of both Maeve and Gilly together perfectly giving the reader a bigger picture of what is going on but without giving anything away until she is ready to. The fact that Rosie cares for her characters shines through the pages in her vivid descriptions of them and how she brings each and every one of them to life throughout the pages. Each of the characters had their own different quirks and personalities and they will definitely stay with me for a long time as will this storyline!

I could not praise this book enough and highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. Rosie, I cannot wait to read more of your very successful work!!! I would also love to see this book turned into a movie. An absolutely addictive, compelling and gripping true page turner!!! This is exactly why you are one of my favourite authors Rosie!! Here is to your next guaranteed success 🥂!!

Overall a unique captivating, engrossing page turner that is compelling, chilling and addictive by an extremely talented author!!!

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I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about another psychological thriller after forcing myself to finish another one this week that I didn’t care for, but this one pleasantly surprised me. I really liked Gilly’s character. She made a world of difference for me, giving me someone to root for throughout the story.

I have so much to say about this book. The problem is, it’ll all give too much away. The comparisons at the end of the blurb are on point, so if you fit into those categories, read it.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for my copy of this book.

This was a wild ride. I'm not even sure what I would do in this situation because either way it seems the main character is screwed! Crazy twists at the end! Definitely enjoyed this one

Maeve and Robert are in love and are planning on their wedding set for the next day. The next morning Maeve wakes up early only to find Robert next to her covered in blood and dead. The knife he had been killed with was next to them and she threw it off the bed. Maeve is also covered in blood and cannot believe her love is dead. She's convinced that she must have killed him because as a child she would occasionally sleep walk. Frantic, she packs a few things and leaves their apartment.

Since Robert had told her about a little cottage he had in the Highlands, she has his key and heads there. He was a talented artist and used the cottage for his getaway to paint.

Gilly is a volunteer person at Safeline a place for people to call if they need to talk. When Gilly gets a call from a frantic woman who doesn’t really speak but just cries, she quietly asks if she can help her. After an hour, the woman hangs up but calls back. As all calls and volunteers are confidential with no names given, the woman calling says she only wants to talk to her so Gilly says she will be there next Tuesday and the woman says she will call then.

This story was edge-of-the-seat scary at times and it wasn’t until the very end that things seemed to fall into place. I’m not sure I would read the book again due to its confusing plot. However, it was well-written and I’m sure thriller-readers will like it so, enjoy!

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

The Brides Secret is a gripping and heart stopping psychological thriller that had me hooked from the very first chapter. Sometimes with a book of this genre the story takes a dip halfway through but this was most certainly not the case with this one. The chapters were short and many of them ended on a cliff hanger, which I love in a book. There were many times I felt like I was holding my breath in anticipation of what was to come next as I frantically turned the pages of my kindle. The characters were all described very well and each having a good part to play in the story. This was the first book I’ve read by Rosie Walker but having enjoyed this one so much she is now on my list of Go To Authors.

The Bride's Secret by Rosie Walker was a excellent psychological thriller with a brilliant twist and I did not see that coming. WoW. . . . . Your wedding day should be the best day of your life and a day that you want nothing to go wrong. Now, Maeve and Robert’s wedding finally arrives. and Maeve wakes up very early all excited for the day ahead, she leans over to cuddle up to her future husband and she feels something is wrong with him. He is stone cold, and wet. He feels like a manakin. She then realises that the wetness is blood and they are both cover in it. Now, trying to figure out what is going on, and wether this is a dream and what has happened she notices something else on the bed! A knife! and it is all covered n blood! But who does t belong to as she has never seen it so she picks it up and throws it to the other side of the bedroom. Maeve then realises she should have not done this as it will have her finger prints on it now!!!

Maeve panics and all she can think of is RUN!!!!!

WoW. . . . . This is so good I loved reading this book and I really felt for Maeve.

I highly recommend The Brides Secret A great holiday read or Honeymoon read! lol

My first book by Rosie Walker and what a fantastic read it was. Very deserved 5 star rating!

Maeve is so overjoyed at her wedding rehearsal dinner, she is over the moon to be marrying her soulmate, Robert, in a matter of hours. However, the next morning when she wakes up with excitement, she turns to find Robert dead in bed beside her, and her fingerprints are on the knife that was used to kill him. She knows she is being framed and so she does the only thing she can do, she runs until she can figure out what exactly happened to her beloved fiancé and who murdered him. Maeve has secrets in her life she wants to keep hidden but whilst on the run she also discovers Robert had secrets too! Meanwhile elsewhere in Scotland, Ginny is busy with her volunteer job at Safeline, an anonymous helpline for people who need a listening ear, but she is made very anxious by one of her callers. Despite all the rules Safeline has put in place to keep the caller and callee anonymous, this caller is determined to keep talking to Gilly and wants to speak to her and no-one else. Things very suddenly become personal when the caller in question gets through to her on her private mobile number and begins to threaten her and her family. Gilly has spent all her adult life running from her secrets, but this mysterious caller seems to know a lot about her life now and her past too. How are Maeve and Gilly connected? And will all their past secrets be uncovered without further bloodshed occurring?!

Wowsers…. Just wowsers, what a read this was! As I said above this was my first book by Rosie Walker and I wasn’t sure what to expect but I now have another favourite author to add to my list, this book was so enthralling! Reading about Safeline was very interesting as years ago I actually did start training to be a Samaritan, however when it came to the crime section of the training I felt I couldn’t go any further as I would have found it too difficult to have someone at the end of the phone who might tell me terrible things that they’ve done (or planning to do) and I was not allowed to comment or judge or even get the authorities involved. Obviously, I understood the reasons for this as everything has to be anonymous, but I felt I couldn’t cope with those types of calls and pulled out of training, so I really thought Gilly was very brave and admired her for volunteering at Safeline no matter what call she received. I found myself waiting and trying to figure out during part 1 how Maeve and Gilly were connected but when I found out at the end of part 1, I really was blown away! I absolutely did not see that twist coming so what amazing writing by Rosie Walker! Part 2 was brilliant filling in all the gaps and also shocked me with another brilliant final twist.

Ultimately this was a really great read which intrigued me and shocked me to the core with the twists- a very tall order when I am a seasoned psychological thriller fan! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys psychological thrillers, this will not disappoint. I can’t wait to read more of Rosie Walker’s books, and I already have another one on my TBR. Extremely well deserved 5 star rating!

Thank you to NetGalley, Rosie Walker and Bookouture for my advanced reading copy. Out now.

The Bride's Secret by Rosie Walker

The bride-to-be Maeve could not wait to start her new life with her fiance Robert, because she knew her secret could be safe. But then Maeve found that Robert was stabbed to dead in their bed. Maeve had the knife in her hands.

The story was totally intriguing and addictive. The author made me wanted to find out what's going on and what the secret behind. The fast-paced story made everything worked well and it kept me hooked the whole way. The twists and turns were wonderfully placed. The Bride's Secret is a book that I would like my friends to read it and we can have a great discussion out of it.

Many thanks to Netgalley, Bookouture and the author for my copy.

Pub date: Jun 4, 2025

Absolutely brilliant right from the start. This had me completely engrossed from the beginning, I didn’t want to put it down. Lots of twists and turns all the way through right to the very last page. Highly recommend and will definitely read more of Rosie’s books.

"They say I killed him. But only I know the truth."

On the morning of Maeve's wedding to Robert, she wakes up excited about marrying her best friend and partner. As she begins to plan how the day will go in her head, she reaches over to snuggle with Robert but what she finds is shocking. Wet and cold, Robert is covered in blood. As she frantically looks around she sees a knife on the bed. Picking it up and throwing it across the room is a mistake, because now her prints are on presumably the murder weapon. In her moment of panic she does the only thing she can think of. She packs up her belongings and she runs.
Meanwhile, a woman named Gilly spends her days as a stay at home mom and she is also a suicide hotline volunteer. When she violates procedure one day by telling a client when she will be working next, she unknowingly sets off a journey through Scotland. How do these two women connect?

This was definitely a super twisty thriller that I could not put down! At first I was so confused with how the two women's stories intersect but that was the biggest twist that I didn't see coming! I loved Walker's attention to detail and atmospheric setting, I could envision myself in the Scottish countryside. Short and punchy chapters kept me coming back for more. Definitely a gripping thriller that I would recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley, Rosie Walker, and Bookouture for this ARC! Publication date is June 4th 2025.

The Bride's Secret by Rosie Walker is another addictive and completely gripping story!
I love Rosie Walkers writing style. It’s captivating and exciting. The shocking plot twist at the end and the character development and the overall play out of the storyline!
This book kept me on the edge of my seat and was packed with drama and plenty of twists and turns!!! Once i started it was hard to put it down!

Thank You NetGalley and Bookouture for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

The Brides Secret by Rosie Walker, Maeve couldn’t be happier she’s not only marrying the love of her life but her best friend is also becoming her sister-in-law. Mave on the outside is tough athletic she even does self-defense courses but has no defense when she wakes up and finds her beloved ROBERT stabbed to death in the bed next to her. Mace has been keeping secrets from ROBERT but it’s nothing compared to what someone has been keeping from her not to mention what she learns when she reaches the isolated cabin that ROBERT own. this was such a twisty good dysfunctional secret keeping book. Theres a dual timeline with Gilly a woman who has two kids and a kind husband and works for a safe phone line that gives people in need someone to speak to, but who can she call when her life becomes a nightmare. when the two POV‘s come together it is whiplash inducing I know I have said that about other books but I don’t know any other way to describe the greatness of The Brides Secret. A definite must read when you need a great thriller. The ending was a good one I love a book where you don’t know who you can trust until you know and that is definitely this book. #NetGalley, #TheBlindReviewer, #MyHonestReview, #RosieWalker, #TheBridesSecret,

I've mostly been reading Romance lately and really wanted to get stuck into a good twisty Thriller, which is exactly what I got with The Bride's Secret. The Bride was most definitely hiding some very big secrets and I had a great time unravelling them. Maeve was an unreliable narrator which made this book even more enjoyable as it was impossible to actually know her and she constantly kept me guessing.

Maeve adores her Fiancé Robert so it's a devasting blow to wake up find him lifeless beside her. She should be putting on her dress and walking down the aisle in a few hours, but instead she's fleeing in desperation as all evidence points towards her as the killer. Her heart has shattered into a million pieces but she knows that she'll be locked up if she stays so she has no choice but to run.

The chapters in this book were short which I enjoyed, and quite a few of them end on a cliff-hanger so It was really hard to put down. The writing was incredibly addictive as twist after twist kept coming and I know I would have been furiously turning the pages if I hadn't been reading on my Kindle.

I don't want to say too much more about it as I don't want to give away any spoilers, but I really recommend this book if you love Thrillers that keep you guessing with shocking twists and a lot of adrenaline!

Many thanks to Sarah Hardy at Bookoture for having me on the tour and for providing a gifted e-book to read and review,

Maeve’s reality completely changes after waking up next to her dead fiancé Robert. She was ready for a new name and a new life. But no, Robert is dead. Stabbed to death while she was right there sleeping. In a confused state of panic, Maeve flees. She ends up hundreds of miles away at a Scottish village that she had only recently learned about.

Then there is Gilly. Happily married to Callum and the mother of two children. Her job should have provided her with complete anonymity when it came to her volunteer work on a telephone hotline. However, after a series of calls, she begins to feel more and more unsafe. She has a secret. She also has a past. If those are exposed, she could lose everything. Her life. Her freedom. Her children. So, she flees.

What an exhilarating read! Is there a connection between Maeve and Gilly? This story has an amazing twist and races at a fast pace. In each case, fleeing seemed the only option, with danger lurking just beyond sight. While this book was incredibly exciting, the ending felt a bit underwhelming. Nevertheless, Rosie Walker has crafted an addictive story that readers will eagerly devour in one sitting.

Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.

✨✨✨ 1/2

Maeve wakes up on her wedding day next to her fiancé—who’s been murdered. Total nightmare. Meanwhile, Gilly is a stay-at-home mom getting strange calls at the crisis line she volunteers for. At first, I couldn’t figure out how their stories connected, but when it hit… wow. Didn’t see that twist coming!

This was fast-paced, super easy to get into, and full of surprises. A perfect popcorn thriller. Only downside for me was the epilogue—it felt like it was setting up a sequel that I don’t think we need. Still, a really entertaining read!

I would like to thank Bookouture & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review