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The wife : a novel of psychological suspense
by Alafair Burke
Marrying an economics professor she met while catering an East Hampton dinner party, Angela finds her tragic past coming under scrutiny at the same time she is asked to defend her husband against wrongful accusations.
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American wife : a novel
by Curtis Sittenfeld
When her husband is elected president of the United States, Alice Blackwell finds her new life as first lady increasingly tumultuous as she recalls her early life, her courtship and marriage, and the crisis that nearly destroyed their relationship and reflects on the privileges and difficulties of her position as her private beliefs conflict with her public responsibilities.
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My lovely wife
by Samantha Downing
A seemingly typical suburban husband discloses the secret ways that his wife of 15 years and he keep their marriage alive and chase away domestic boredom by orchestrating creative ways to get away with murder.
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The English wife
by Lauren Willig
A fairytale marriage between two English aristocrats erupts at a Shakespeare-themed ball where the husband dies and the wife is presumed dead, a scandalous event that prompts an unlikely alliance between the husband's sister and a reporter who is determined to uncover the truth.
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The time traveler's wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
Passionately in love, Clare and Henry vow to hold onto each other and their marriage as they struggle with the effects of Chrono-Displacement Disorder, a condition that casts Henry involuntarily into the world of time travel
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The other wife
by Michael Robotham
When his father, a celebrated surgeon, is brutally attacked and a strange woman shows up at his bedside covered in blood, Joe O’Loughlin is forced to question everything he has always believed about his father and soon discovers that the truth comes with a high price.
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The aviator's wife : a novel
by Melanie Benjamin
A story inspired by the marriage between Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh traces the romance between a handsome young aviator and a shy ambassador's daughter whose relationship is marked by wild international acclaim, history-making flights and the world-shocking abduction of their child.
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The shoemaker's wife : a novel
by Adriana Trigiani
This intricately woven tapestry of love and family, war and loss, risk and destiny follows star-crossed lovers Enza, a practical beauty, and Ciro, a strapping mountain boy, who, after their first meeting in the Italian Alps, find their destinies inexplicably entwined as they build their lives in America.
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The photographer's wife
by Suzanne Joinson
Years after photographer William Harrington participates in a 1920s project to redesign Jerusalem with British parks against a backdrop of growing nationalist unrest, his revelations about long-buried secrets transform the life of his former employer's daughter.
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The kommandant's girl
by Pam Jenoff
Becoming a spy for the resistance after the Nazi's invade Poland, Emma Bau, taking on a new identity as a gentile, becomes a high-ranking Nazi official's assistant and, leading a double life, compromises her marriage vows, her safety, and the lives of those she loves for the cause.
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The bride of Ivy Green
by Julie Klassen
In a conclusion to the popular series, Jane navigates a difficult choice about Gabriel and her inn, Mercy considers leaving Ivy Cottage to accept a governess position and a secretive new dressmaker raises local suspicions.
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Davey's daughter : A Suspenseful Romance
by Linda Byler
Sarah Beiler does what she can to try to stop the rash of barn-burnings that is pulling apart her community, even as her own heart is pulled between two young men.
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BoneMan's daughters
by Ted Dekker
When his estranged daughter's life is taken by a serial killer, who killed six other young women by breaking their bones and leaving them to die, intelligence officer Ryans Evans inadvertently becomes a suspect in the killings of all seven girls.
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The painter's daughter
by Julie Klassen
After his brother abandons Sophie Dupont, the daughter of a portrait painter, with child, Captain Stephen Overtree proposes to her to save her from scandal, but soon their marriage of convenience promises something more.
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The girls at 17 Swann Street
by Yara Zgheib
A French ballerina with self-perception challenges descends into anorexia when an injury sidelines her career, landing her in a support home for women with life-threatening eating disorders.
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The other lady vanishes
by Amanda Quick
Escaping from a sanitarium and taking a job at a tea shop in a 1930s California seaside resort town, Adelaide bonds with a man hiding as a widower before a local con artist's murder draws them into the shadowy underground.
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