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A number-one best seller in several categories with over 14,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

From the number-one New York Times best-selling and award-winning author Colleen Hoover comes "A stand-alone romantic thriller that is tragic, creepy, and brilliant!" (Mel Reader Reviews)

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.

Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered.

Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.

Sexy. Twisted. Consuming.

Due to graphic scenes and mature content, this book is recommended for listeners 18+.

©2018 Colleen Hoover (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
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About the Creator - Colleen Hoover

About the Creator

Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author of more than 23 novels, including It Ends with Us, All Your Perfects, Ugly Love, and Verity. In 2015, Colleen and her family founded a nonprofit called The Bookworm Box, a bookstore and monthly book subscription service that has donated over $1,000,000 to various charities to date. Colleen lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. For more information, please visit ColleenHoover.com.
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Editorial Review

An all-consuming romantic thriller that will leave you guessing, gasping, and utterly engrossed, Verity tests the bounds of what humans are capable of and brings to light just how dark those limits can be.

New York Times best-selling author Colleen Hoover delivers a richly layered, utterly engrossing story with Verity. An expert at romance novels, Hoover infuses this tale with twist after plot twist for a dark psychological thriller combined with a hot and spicy love story. When famous author Verity Crawford is badly injured, her husband Jeremy Crawford hires Lowen Ashleigh to continue the author’s work. Lowen is elated at this offer of a dream job, but as soon as she begins searching through Verity’s notes, she finds herself in the middle of a nightmare. What she discovers is chilling, but her burgeoning connection with Jeremy is anything but, and she still has a series of books to complete.

Verity takes a striking step beyond standard romance fare, shocking listeners with its bold humanity and chilling side. Listeners will struggle to hit pause, spending every moment aching to know what happens next, before diving back into this story, as full of love as deception, lust, and betrayal.

This standalone audiobook is as devastatingly dark as it is addictive, and as sexy as it is suspenseful. Narrators Vanessa Johansson and Amy Landon offer their fittingly dramatic and electrifying voices to this unpausable thriller. Landon has narrated more than 300 titles and podcasts, while Johansson carries over 60, and both have won awards for their work. Together they bring just the right level of tension and emotion to their nuanced and engaging performance of Verity.

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Lots of hype and positive reviews so was hoping for more - the suspense is minimal and the storyline is slow to develop.

Meh

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The overall story was pretty good but some parts were really disturbing. I struggled with the reading of the autobiography parts like other listeners have noted. I'm glad it was a free book and I didn't waste a credit on it.

Good story

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Very good read. My husband didn’t like narrator’s voice, but it didn’t bother me. A little more crude sex description than I prefer, but at the end I understand that it had significance to the story line.

Lots of twists/turns and suspense

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I’m sitting here thinking about the ending and feel slighted. I wish there was more to it and that it was a bigger twist.

What just happened

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Colleen Hoover provides a fun scenario involving implausible (but intriguing) "not-what-they-seem" events, duplicity, and murder. The book is paced well, plotted nicely, and full of "drip-drip" revelations, creepy happenings, and exemplary foreshadowing. I have definitely read better, but Hoover does a more than capable job presenting a foray into this genre.

Don't be too put off by reviews of the performance, either.. Audible Studios did well to enlist two readers.

Vanessa Johansson and Amy Landon trade off reading duties: Johanssen reading as 'Lowen Ashleigh' (the main protagonist working as a ghost writer) and Landon portraying a near-catatonic brain-injured writer 'Verity Crawford' (narrating a captivating/horrifying autobiography discovered in Verity's office). Both readers exhibit commendable diction, cadence, and tone - but are inferior at voice-acting (Landon's male/child voices are particularly grating).
Still, even though advising readers to stick to a text copy of this book is reasonable, I have heard worse performances than on this project.

Taken altogether, this audiobook is a reasonable distraction for fans of thrillers and psychological suspense - particularly if you can get it as a 'Plus' selection. Should they ask for a Credit, however, consider if a 7.5/10 star recording is worth it. Other options beckon.

Effective Suspense

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