Pretty Little Wife

Moderator: Celinés – Thriller – 403 Pages

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Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn’t what she seems. A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila’s husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first these cases are treated as horrible coincidences until it’s discovered the student is really the third of three unexplained disappearances over the last few years. The police are desperate to find the connection, if there even is one. Little do they know they might be stumbling over only part of the truth….

With the small town in an uproar, everyone is worried about the whereabouts of their beloved high school teacher. Everyone except Lila, his wife. She’s definitely confused about her missing husband but only because she was the last person to see his body, and now it’s gone.

About the author

Darby Kane is a former trial attorney and #1 international bestseller of domestic suspense.

Darby Kane wasn’t always Darby Kane the thriller writer…

She started her career publishing under her real name: Helen Kay Dimon, author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense.

She can tell you what book she was reading during some of the big moments in her life:

– When she got her wisdom teeth out (Gone But Not Forgotten by Phillip Margolin),

– While she studied for the Bar Exam (Bad Love by Jonathan Kellerman),

– When the COVID lockdown started (The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley).

Other books by the Autor as Darby Kane

The Replacement Wife (2021)

The Last Invitation (2022)

HELENKAY DIMON BOOKS IN ORDER

Series

Men of Hawaii

1. Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy (2007)
2. It’s Hotter In Hawaii (2009)
3. It’s Hotter at Christmas (2009) (in Kissing Santa Claus)
4. Holding Out For A Hero (2009)
5. Impulsive (2010)

Mystery Men

1. Under the Gun (2010)
2. Guns and the Girl Next Door (2011)
3. Gunning for Trouble (2011)
4. Locked and Loaded (2011)
5. The Big Guns (2011)
6. Copy That (2012)

Holloway

1. It’s Not Christmas Without You (2011)
2. Lean on Me (2012)
3. We’ll Be Home for Christmas (2012)
4. Just What He Wanted (2013)

Hanover brothers

1. No Turning Back (2013)
2. A Simple Twist of Fate (2013)
3. Long Way Home (2014)
4. Too Far Gone (2014)

Corcoran Team

1. Fearless (2013)
2. Ruthless (2013)
3. Relentless (2014)
4. Lawless (2014)
5. Traceless (2014)

Corcoran Team:

Bulletproof Bachelors

1. Cornered (2015)
2. Sheltered (2015)
3. Tamed (2015)

Greenway Range

1. Chain of Command (2015)
2. Line Of Fire (2015)

Close Quarters

1. Waiting for Him (2019)
2. Stranded (2015)

Games People Play

1. The Fixer (2016)
2. The Enforcer (2017)
2.5. The Negotiator (2017)
3. The Pretender (2017)
4. The Protector (2018)

Tough Love

1. Mr. and Mr. Smith (2016)
2. The Talented Mr. Rivers (2016)
3. Guarding Mr. Fine (2017)

Dirty

1. Dirty Deeds (2017)
2. Dirty Games (2018)

Jameson Heirs

1. Pregnant by the CEO (2017)
2. Reunion with Benefits (2018)
3. The Reluctant Heir (2018)

Whitaker Island

1. Her Other Secret (2019)
2. The Secret She Keeps (2019)

Novels

Viva Las Bad Boys! (2006) aka One Night in Vegas
Right Here, Right Now (2008)
Hot As Hell (2008)
Night Moves (2010)
Victoria’s Got a Secret (2011)
When She Wasn’t Looking (2012)
Switched (2012)
Everything You Need to Know (2013)
Moorewood Family Rules (2023)

Omnibus

– Christmas Countdown / Night Moves (2011) (with Jan Hambright) – Secret Soldier / Under the Gun (2012) (with Jennifer Morey) – Breathless Encounter / Switched (2012) (with Cindy Dees) – Romancing the Holiday (2012) (with Christi Barth, Jaci Burton and Angela James) – Copy That / Hiding His Witness (2013) (with C J Miller) – Triggered / Fearless (2013) (with Elle James) – Diagnosis (2014) (with Rebecca York) – Lawless / The Bodyguard (2014) (with Lena Diaz) – Harlequin Intrigue May 2014 Bundle (2014) (with Delores Fossen and Angi Morgan) – Traceless / the Defender (2014) (with Adrienne Giordano) – Harlequin Intrigue June 2014 – Bundle 2 of 2 (2014) (with Lisa Childs and Adrienne Giordano) – Cornered / The Guardian (2015) (with Cindi Myers) – Harlequin Intrigue June 2015 – Box Set 1 of 2 (2015) (with Janie Crouch) – Sheltered / Lawman Protection (2015) (with Cindi Myers) – Tamed / Colorado Bodyguard (2015) (with Cindi Myers) – Harlequin Intrigue August 2015 – Box Set 1 of 2 (2015) (with Delores Fossen and Rita Herron)

– Harlequin Desire January 2018 – Box Set 1 of 2 (2018) (with Kat Cantrell and Maisey Yates) – Harlequin Desire June 2018 Box Set – 2 of 2 (2018) (with Yvonne Lindsay and Janice Maynard) – Harlequin Desire September 2018 Box Set 1 of 2 (2018) (with Fiona Brand and Joanne Rock)

– Reindeer Games (2018) (with Adriana Anders, Ainsley Booth, Andie J Christopher, Eve Dangerfield, Tracey Livesay, Tamara Lush, Kelly Maher and Charlotte Stein) – Secrets And Seduction: Playing With Fire (2021) (with Sarah M Anderson and Reese Ryan) – Bachelor Bosses: The Ex Appeal (2022) (with Maya Blake and Fiona Brand) – The Bachelor Bosses And Enemies To Lovers Collection (2022) (with Barbar, Jules Bennett, Maya Blake, Karen Booth, Fiona Brand, Kat Cantrell, Abby Crews, Nadine Gonzalez, Joan Hohl, Elizabeth Lane, Lucy Monroe, Annie West, Cathy Williams and Maisey Yates)

Trusting the Enemy
It’s only Business
Love, Honour and Betray
Business to Pleasure
Challenging her Enemy
Consequence of their Mistrust
Calling the Shots
The Ex Appeal
The Deal
The Boss’ Baby
Boardroom Antics
Up Close and Personal

Collections – To All A Good Night (2008) (with Donna Kauffman and Jill Shalvis) – Kissing Santa Claus (2009) (with Donna Kauffman and Jill Shalvis) – The Gift of Love (2010) (with Jules Bennett, Heidi Betts, Ann Christopher, Lisa Cooke, Paige Cuccaro, Gia Dawn and Lori Foster) – SEAL of My Dreams (2011) (with Jami Alden, Stephanie Bond, Kylie Brant, Helen Brenna, Tara Janzen, Leslie Kelly, Elle Kennedy, Alison Kent, Jo Leigh, Gennita Low, Marliss Melton and Stephanie Tyler) – Holiday Kisses (2013) (with Jaci Burton, Alison Kent and Shannon Stacey) – Sexy Mistakes (2014) (with Erin McCarthy and Maisey Yates) – Unexpected (2014) (with Vivian Arend) – The Finding Forever And Secrets And Seduction Collection (2022) (with Caroline Anderson, Sarah M Anderson, Kat Cantrell, Anne Fraser, Kate Hardy, Brenda Jackson, Maggie Kingsley, Margaret McDonagh, Carol Marinelli, Josie Metcalfe, Sarah Morgan, Alison Roberts and Jennifer Taylor) – The Secrets And Seduction Collection (2022) (with Sarah M Anderson, Kat Cantrell, Brenda Jackson, Sharon Kendrick, Andrea Laurence, Catherine Mann, Carol Marinelli, Janice Maynard, Reese Ryan, Cat Schield, Naima Simone and Cathy Williams) Novellas Finding Home (2013)

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