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Her Second Husband

By: Jane E. James
Narrated by: Claire Rushbrook
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Publisher's summary

This title contains mature themes, strong language, and sexual content. Listener discretion is advised.

Your husband’s dead. He’s never coming back. So why is he on a dating site asking you to go out with him?

Then

Linda has it all: a gorgeous home, a devoted husband, two loving daughters. But she throws it all away to chase an impossible dream.

Now

Linda is alone and penniless, living in a shabby rented flat. With nothing to lose, she signs up to a dating app for the over 50s. But the one man who responds to her profile, a man calling himself Tony Fortin, is not who he says he is.

Linda recognises him immediately. He’s Marcus, her second husband.

But that’s impossible. Marcus died eight months ago. He drowned off the coast of Corfu.

As Linda digs deeper, she discovers that the man she married second time around had been keeping secrets from her. Very dark secrets.

Now the one person who can help her is the person who has every reason not to get involved.

Her first husband.

©2023 Jane E. James (P)2024 Audible Ltd.

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A great listening enjoy it. The mystery of it all is great. You have to listen to it all the way to the end.

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Not for me … but free

I don’t like to leave bad reviews because writing is an art but it was not for me. The story was not enough, it was not thrilling. I probably would give a nicer review without the rape-y scene but that turned the corner for me. Kind of gross, I kind of couldn’t even listen by the end cause I just had enough. Not a terrible writer but I don’t like the story, it doesn’t add up and it’s disappointing. The narrator did a great job. It was free, so decide for yourself. It might be a story you like.

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Good story, but redundant

The story was good, but it could have been trimmed a lot. I feel that the author spent too much time dwelling on too many things. I found myself saying a lot, “ok, I get it”! I just felt it circled around and I found myself tuning out at times until she was done making a point that could have been made in half the words.

I appreciate the fact the protagonist is an older woman trying to find herself. I relate to some of what she went through by leaving her husband later in life.

All in all, I did like the story. There were plenty of twists to keep me listening through the inner musings.

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Good twist in the plot.

I liked the main characters. Very real and believable. You won’t be disappointed at all.

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Well played…

Story starts slowly… well worth seeing through til the end. I highly recommend this one!

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can she wallow anymore?

listened to an hour and couldn't take the self pity anymore nnnn mmm nnnn mmmm ccc

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So long winded

The story had way too much detail and seemed so obvious what was going on. The main character was annoyingly naive. Not worth the time.

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Good concept sinfully executed

Dislikable main character & story didn’t make sense - all the characters are icky & story idea was ok but tried to be too clever and felt contrived … I thought only realistic ending was character to be living a delusional reality of some sort.

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