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The Wife Before

By: Shanora Williams
Narrated by: Tracey Conyer Lee
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shanora Williams weaves an insidiously sexy, twist-filled novel in which a new bride’s fairytale marriage fast becomes a nightmare of secrets.…

Samira Wilder has never had it easy, and when her latest lousy job goes south, things only promise to get harder. Until she unexpectedly meets a man who will change her life forever. Renowned pro golfer Roland Graham is wealthy, handsome, and caring, and Samira is dazzled. Best of all, he seems to understand her better than anyone ever has. And though their relationship moves a bit fast, when Roland proposes, Samira accepts. She even agrees to relocate to his secluded Colorado mansion. After all, there’s nothing to keep her in Miami, and the mansion clearly makes him happy. Soon, they are married amid a media firestorm, and Samira can’t wait to make a fresh start—as the second Mrs. Graham.…

Samira settles into the mansion, blissfully happy—until she discovers long-hidden journals belonging to Roland’s late wife, Melanie, who died in a tragic accident. With each dusty page, Samira comes to realize that perhaps it was no accident at all—that perhaps her perfect husband is not as perfect as she thought. Even as her trust in Roland begins to dwindle and a shadow falls over her marriage and she begins to fear for her own life, Samira is determined to uncover the truth of Melanie’s troubled last days. But even good wives should know that the truth is not always what it seems.…

©2022 Shanora WIlliams (P)2022 Recorded Books
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Good Story...WRONG NARRATOR

I ABSOLUTELY STRUGGLED to finish this book. im glad I stuck it out because I love the way the story unfolded even though some of decision making by these characters was cringy. The tone of this narrator just did not fit this story. No inflection or emotion just a very slow monotone. I imagined my daughter reading it to get through it. She has an amazing reading voice & would've been a perfect fit for this read.

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Good plot

The story was interesting but I couldn’t really relate to the characters and the writing seemed choppy. I think it could’ve been much better.

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5 stars across the board

What a great listen! I was hooked from beginning to the end. Excellent performance excellent writing. I will be looking up more of Shanora's works.

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Amazing

Wonderful Read!
Don’t judge a book by its cover!!
Shanora did such a good job keeping us on our toes and keeping the book relevant and respectful!!
I really enjoyed the audio voices!
My book club and I read together and we had some juicy discussions

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It was well written!!

This book was a very good listen it had me drawn in from the time I turned it on which I love and it kept me to the end kinda guess the plot but I wasn’t 100% right but I did get a small piece of it right.

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Ok!!

A bit of a mess with the characters! Narrator was great! The story line wasn’t bad, just all over the place.

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Narrator doesn’t match the characters

The narrator was horrible and sounds much older than the characters. The story just went on and on. I finished the book and the ending was too extra. I will not likely read other books by this author.

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The wife before

LOVED the story but wish this had a different narrator. AWFUL voice for Samira, Melanie and Miley. The voice didnt match the characters!

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This novel was okay

This book was only okay. The narrator's Southern dialect was annoying, as were her male voices. The storyline was unnecessarily long. The author's portrayal of teen victims of sexual violence was appalling. Several times in the final chapters, these characters were blamed for being raped by an adult. For the record, as an Advocate of Sexual Assault for many years, fifteen year olds cannot legally consent to sex. I wished she would have also addressed this like she did regarding physical violence.

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Great book!

I loved this book! Keeps you guessing to the end! Lots of twist and turns. Gets right to the point and keeps going.

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