Jane Corry’s debut psychological thriller, My Husband’s Wife, has a dark and complicated plot. Its characters are a complex mix of devious lies and dangerous secrets, all of which threaten the lives of everyone they touch.
Lily, a newly married lawyer, thinks she’s leaving her past behind. But when she’s assigned to a case of a notorious criminal, she begins to connect with him in an emotional level.
Lily and Ed
It’s the day before Christmas Eve and Lily and Ed’s relationship is in trouble. It’s not just the past that’s causing them problems; it’s the present too. Can they resolve their differences or will their plane leave London without them?
This novel centers on a pair of complicated characters. Lily Bloom, a therapist and former lawyer, is plagued by social anxiety. She often self-sabotagees when she’s in a new situation and doesn’t make friends easily.
Despite this, she is able to bond with her nine-year-old neighbor Carla, an Italian girl. They start spending Sundays together while Carla’s mother is at work.
While Lily and Carla have their own stories to tell, the plot of my husband’s wife revolves around Lily’s relationship with her ex-husband. Lily’s husband, Ed, is a successful artist and has plenty of dirty secrets of his own.
As Lily and Ed grow closer, their lives begin to revolve around each other’s needs. They have a child and they’re both trying to figure out what kind of parent they want to be.
One night, while they’re out at dinner, Ryle lashes out at Lily, hurting her. This causes Lily to realize that she doesn’t want her baby to grow up a victim of domestic violence.
After this, Lily and Ryle divorce to break the cycle of abuse. The couple’s happiness is short-lived when Atlas Corrigan shows up and ruins everything they’ve worked to build together.
It’s a sad ending to the story, but it doesn’t really take away from the characters. This novel is a thought-provoking tale of love, loss and chasing your dreams. It’s a must-read for anyone looking for a heartwarming and entertaining book.
Carla
Carla is a wealthy woman who has a complicated history with Ward and Pope. She used to work for Ward, but after he betrayed her, she was forced to quit and start her own business.
She has four children: Anthony (Timothy Williams), Serafina (Leah Remini), Gino and Anne Marie. The show’s fandom page has a lot of theories about Carla’s identity, but there’s one that’s very popular: she could be John B’s mother!
In the season finale, Big John and John B visit Carla to reunify their father and son. During the reunion, Carla comments on how lucky they are to have found each other and said that their bond is “so precious.”
I’m not sure why but this story seems like it’s a little too close to the death of Carla’s son Ben, which happened when Angela left a study door open while she was at work, and Ben fell off a balcony. She tries to forgive Angela, but she still communicates with Daniel – he’s drawn her naked many times and has written letters to her that were critical of her.
Theo & Carla are suspicious of him, but Carla believes that he has some issues & wants to kill himself because he is so unhappy. She tries to talk to him about it, but he doesn’t seem to want to listen.
Eventually, she calls Miriam to help her. She has a copyright infringement claim against Theo and believes that she saw him with Carla and Daniel after Ben’s death. She also finds a book that Daniel has drawn in, which shows how Ben died.
I’m unsure how this ends, but I can’t wait to find out!
Joe Thomas
Joe Thomas is one of the most dependable offensive linemen to ever play for the Cleveland Browns. The 10-time Pro Bowl left tackle paved the way for several of the team’s greatest players during his 11 seasons on the field. His career accomplishments include 10,363 consecutive snaps, six Pro Bowls, 10 All-Pro selections and a record-setting three seasons as a starter.
The Browns drafted him with the third overall pick in 2007 and he became a fixture on the franchise’s left side. He was a hard-working, detail-oriented player who never worked harder than he had to.
Thomas played every game in his first four seasons with the Browns, averaging nearly 200 yards per game. In those four years, he also averaged 11.5 sacks and set NFL records for most snaps in a season (693) and most consecutive snaps in a season (10,363).
His accomplishments earned him a spot on the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Modern-Era finalists list in his first year of eligibility. That means he’s going to be enshrined in Canton this summer as the sixth member of the Cleveland Browns to enter the Hall.
As a result, he will likely be surrounded by his former teammates and coaches on induction day. It’s a fitting tribute to a football player who made the most of his career while demonstrating an unmatched work ethic and passion for what he did on the field.
He also carved out a niche for himself in the publishing world as a bestselling author. His novels have been praised by the Guardian, Irish Times and CrimeTime as “fun, frightfully funny, and with great writing.” He’s the author of the Sao Paulo Quartet – Paradise City, Gringa, Playboy and Brazilian Psycho – and the novel Bent.
Francesca
Francesca is a twenty-seven year old model and owner of her own swimwear company. She has appeared on the reality TV show Too Hot To Handle and recently made a cameo on the new Netflix dating show Perfect Match.
She was born and raised in California and is the daughter of acclaimed film director Clint Eastwood and actress Frances Fisher. She has a large Instagram account that features photos of her life and her adorable pup, Romeo.
When Francesca was a young girl she used to pick flowers with her mother. They would often bring a dead flower back to life. After her mother died, she took the flowers and kept them as a memory of her. She brought the flower back to life when she needed comfort, a symbol of her love and devotion to her mother.
Eventually, the village decided to build a statue in her honor. She also used to bring a wilted flower back to life, but she could only do that when she was in her garden, and not at home.
But her grief over John’s death has begun to take a toll on Michael. His strong feelings for Francesca are hard to contain and he is starting to feel as if he’ll never be able to erase her from his mind. He wants to protect her from committing any sort of crime. He is also trying to find a way to help her get out of town, and he thinks that maybe marrying her could be the solution.
After she goes on a date with a suitor, Michael notices that she is leaving without him and then sees her protesting the attention from the guy. He rushes in and knocks him out. It was a terrifying moment for Francesca, but it also left her breathless.
Avery
Avery West and her mother moved around a lot when Avery was young, which is why she has no real family. Her father left the family when she was young, too, and her sister Libby’s abusive ex-boyfriend, Drake, moved in.
As she grows up, Avery becomes a pretty brilliant student and helps out wherever she can. But she’s still a loner, and doesn’t have many friends.
After her mother dies, Avery moves in with Libby’s family in Connecticut. She and Libby become close, but their relationship is strained because Libby’s dad, Tobias Hawthorne, disinherited her family and the four Hawthorne grandsons–Nash Westbrook Hawthorne, Grayson Davenport Hawthorne, Jameson Winchester Hawthorne, and Alexander Blackwood Hawthorne (“Xander”)–are in love with her.
So when Tobias leaves Avery a billion dollars in his will, Avery and her sister Libby are shocked to learn that she will inherit the Hawthorne fortune. Luckily, the Hawthornes have a secret that they can help Avery with: Harry, the homeless man she played chess with in New Castle, Connecticut, is actually Tobias’s long-lost son!
But the Saxons have other plans for Avery, too. They’re going to travel the world to meet Circle suitors and try to marry Avery into one of their families–a marriage that will give them power to stop their rivals, the Order, who have been killing countless members of the Circle across the globe.
But they only have half the clues they need to find, and they have to keep running from the Order, who want the location of Alexander the Great’s tomb in exchange for Avery’s mom. But when they finally locate the clues, they discover that it’s not just anyone they need to marry into the Circle–it’s a specific person!
