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Monday, August 19, 2019

Review of A Stranger on the Beach by Michele Campbell

I received a copy of this title via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

There is a stranger outside Caroline's house.

Her spectacular new beach house, built for hosting expensive parties and vacationing with the family she thought she'd have. But her husband is lying to her and everything in her life is upside down, so when the stranger, Aiden, shows up as a bartender at the same party where Caroline and her husband have a very public fight, it doesn't seem like anything out of the ordinary.

As her marriage collapses around her and the lavish lifestyle she's built for herself starts to crumble, Caroline turns to Aiden for comfort...and revenge. After a brief and desperate fling that means nothing to Caroline and everything to him, Aiden's obsession with Caroline, her family, and her house grows more and more disturbing. And when Caroline's husband goes missing, her life descends into a nightmare that leaves her accused of her own husband's murder.

My Review:
5 Stars 

Wealth does funny things to people. Especially if you haven't grown up with that wealth. It can make it so that you will do anything to keep the lifestyle you've become accustomed to.  Turning you into something you're not or putting your true colors on display. 

This story is told in duel points of view. You get to see the events through both Caroline and Aiden's eyes. However, with duel points of view you also get duel perspectives. The stories do not appear to be the same. Through the eyes of each character the story is shifted to meet their respective purposes. One seemingly in love and one seemingly obsessed. But which is the true version of the events?

Caroline and Aiden's story will have you racking your brain and searching for clues to help lead you to a conclusion that is completely unexpected. With lives on the line, whose truth will prove to be the whole truth? 

One of the most intense books I've read this year. 

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