Genre ~ psychological thriller
Featuring ~ present and past timeline, death of parent, kidnapping, suspense, 2 part story ~ The Kidnap & The Reckoning
POV ~ single 1st person
Release date ~ November 1, 2022
Page count ~ 304
Audio length ~ 8 hours 41 minutes
My rating ~ 3.5ā
My review:
16 year old Amelie is on her own after her father’s death. She leaves the country and meets Carolyn. Carolyn offers her a live in job and they become fast friends. Some years later she begins working for Ned and they head to Vegas together for a work trip. Just a few days later Amelie and Ned are married and Amelie soon realizes she’s made a big mistake and the deal they made could cost her everything.
When I read books like this I wonder how I would handle being held prisoner ~ would I fight, follow orders, reverse psychology or develop Stockholm syndrome ~ lets hope I never have to find out. I feel like Amelie did all the right things. The present and past timeline in part 1 was more exciting than part 2. I can’t really say I was in love with the ending.
Side note ~ The main characters name is Ned, but the blurb says Jed ~ am I crazy?
I was fortunate enough to receive a kindle copy and the audiobook to review. I started out reading it, then switched to audio and finished it up that way. Either way was fine.
Narrated by Georgia Maguire for 8 hours and 41 minutes, easy to follow at 2x. She did a fine job, her males voices were okay.
*Thanks to St Martins Press, Macmillan Audio, the author and NetGalley for the ARC and advance audiobook. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
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Save on The Prisoner at Booksamillion.com.Book blurb:
With Behind Closed Doors, B.A. Paris takes the psychological thriller to shocking new heights. Now she’ll hold you captive with this stunning new thriller about one woman wed into a family with deadly intentions.
Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where she married the handsome billionaire Jed Hawthorne.
But then, Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, not knowing where she is. Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here, imprisoned, than she had begun to feel with her husband Jed?
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That is very strange, Heather. I wonder if it changed in the final copy? What was the name in the audiobook? I often find that I really enjoy one part of Paris’ books over others, but glad this one was good overall. Nice review.
Ned in both. I am going to check a library copy to see and Iāll report back. Thanks for stopping by š
Fab review! I really like the sound of this one; a shame about the ending though.
Thanks! Iām usually hit or miss with her.