The Good Widow

Elementary school teacher Jacqueline “Jacks” Morales’s marriage was far from perfect, but even in its ups and downs it was predictable, familiar. Or at least she thought it was…until two police officers showed up at her door with devastating news. Her husband of eight years, the one who should have been on a business trip to Kansas, had suffered a fatal car accident in Hawaii. And he wasn’t alone.

For Jacks, laying her husband to rest was hard. But it was even harder to think that his final moments belonged to another woman—one who had left behind her own grieving and bewildered fiancé. Nick, just as blindsided by the affair, wants answers. So he suggests that he and Jacks search for the truth together, retracing the doomed lovers’ last days in paradise.

Now, following the twisting path of that fateful road, Jacks is learning that nothing is ever as it seems. Not her marriage. Not 

                                                         her husband. And most certainly not his death…

I have feelings about this book that are hard to put into words without giving too much away, but I felt like I had already seen a movie with pretty much the exact same plot.  It was a bit of a struggle for me.  I didn't make a great connection with the characters and couldn't stop comparing the movie from several years ago.  I think had the story been new and fresh, I would have enjoyed it more.  However, it just fell flat for me.  I think the premise has been done over and over and this didn't add a new twist.  I would pick up another book by these authors to give them a second chance, but I can't say I would recommend this title.    

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