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The Son-in-Law

By: Jane E. James
Narrated by: Bethan Rose Young, Ffion Aynsley
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This title contains strong language and mature themes, including references to sexual violence, abuse of minors and animals, and suicide, that some listeners may find upsetting. Discretion is advised.

I just met my new son-in-law . . . And he’s my ex-husband.

They’re here. I watch them arrive from the kitchen window. My pregnant daughter and her new husband. They’ve barely known each other six months.

I greet him with a tight smile that he recognizes as fake.

Luke is no good for my beautiful, fragile Cerys. He’ll break her heart. I know that because he broke mine — when he was married to me.

I don’t know what he’s after. But I’m going to make it my business to find out.

Don’t underestimate me. I’ll do anything to keep my daughter safe.

©2023 Jane E. James (P)2024 Audible Ltd.
Domestic Thrillers Holidays Psychological Heartfelt

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Wow, what a book?

It was so many twist and turns kept to gripped all the way well done to the author brilliant book

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Too long repetitive smoosh

Good plot twist and turns but too much in between unlikable characters particularly the Daughter who swung from whimpering spoilt brat to capable and overachieving

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It was ok

The story wasn’t bad and the narration was good and easy to listen, but the whiney daughter was irritating. Stupid spoilt child.

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Great book, absolutely moronic main character

This is a great book. The author is fantastic and the narrators are very good. But one of the main characters is hands down the most moronic person I have ever come across. I found myself saying out aloud “what?! No!! Come on!!!” More than once.

Again, great book etc. Frustrating main character.

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Will keep you guessing.

Loved it. Couldn’t stop listening to it until
I got to the end. Really gripping.

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Lots of twists.

The story set in Wales, based is around Beth, her daughter Caris and Luke a gold digger, who was married to Beth for a couple of years and got nothing when they divorced. 27 years older than Caris he gets her pregnant and marries her in an attempt to take revenge on her mother. So many twists and revelations make this a hard to put down story.

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Good premise with unnecessarily disappointing characters

Liked - readers voices were easy to listen to, plot was alright for the most part, some good twists
Disliked - unlikeable main characters all round

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Repetitive with little story arc

Good initial premise, but became very frustrating and repetitive style and very minimal character development. Unusually poor for Audible

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