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Happy Wife: A Read with Jenna Pick

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Happy Wife: A Read with Jenna Pick

Written by: Meredith Lavender, Kendall Shores
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • A young woman must find her missing husband and prove her innocence in this twisty, unputdownable novel set in an ultrawealthy Florida community where looks can kill.

Happy Wife is one of those delicious, fun summer books that you’ll open on the beach and never put down.”—Jenna Bush Hager, Read With Jenna


Nora Davies doesn’t exactly fit in to Winter Park, Florida, where old-guard Floridians mix with the tax-fleeing coastal elite. Twenty-eight and barely making ends meet working at a country club, Nora feels like she’s going nowhere fast. Enter Will Somerset: a prominent forty-six-year-old lawyer, father to a teenage daughter, and recently divorced. The two set Winter Park’s social scene agog when they fall in love and marry after a whirlwind Cinderella-style courtship.

But Winter Park is fully upended when Will disappears the morning after a birthday bash Nora throws for him. Going back and forth between Nora and Will’s romance and the search in the wake of Will’s mysterious disappearance, Nora must answer the question from all angles: Where. Is. Will?

Combining breathless suspense, glittering and juicy social dynamics, and an unforgettable cast of characters, Happy Wife is a clever and subversive novel that explores marriage, wealth, and the secrets that lurk behind closed doors.©2025 Meredith Lavender (P)2025 Random House Audio
Domestic Thrillers Genre Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Marriage Florida Winter

What the critics say

“In a world of the uber-rich, a web of deceit, envy, and betrayal leads to one woman fighting for the truth—and her life—in this gripping tale of suspense and intrigue. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.”—Liv Constantine, New York Times bestselling author of The Next Mrs. Parrish

“Lavender and Shores have created a fun soap opera of a debut novel.”Booklist

“Lots of twists and turns and well-written characters and a plot that never drags.”Red Carpet Crash

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I am a huge fan of Meredith Lavender and this work with Kendall Shores did not dissapoint. This page turner kept me entertained from the start to the end. Highly recommend.

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