Book Review: Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris (double giveaway)

Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received these books, free of charge,from St Martin's Press, for review purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about them.

This new book comes out next week!

Synopsis:

Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace.

He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance.

You might not want to like them, but you do.

You’d like to get to know Grace better. But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or how she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. And why there are bars on one of the bedroom windows.

Sometimes, the perfect marriage is the perfect lie.

Review:

Be prepared to NOT be able to stop reading this book once you start, which in a way is surprising, as the author gives away the entire story in the beginning. Yet.... Once the story starts in ernest, the action just propels you along, and even though you KNOW what's coming, you can't move. Sort of like a car accident in front of you. The human need to know all, strikes, and you can't help put to turn the pages! It;s also human nature to see the best in people, until proven otherwise. But as you start reading this book, you know things aren't right, and part of your brain will be wondering why no one around Jack and Grace don't see it either. But that is the kernel of the story- how the human mind can make excuses and tell itself lies, in order to NOT see, what is in front of it. As such, the book could easily be a Lifetime movie, with all its drama. The book is the perfect end of Summer, last read by the beach read!

About the Author:

B.A. Paris is from a Franco/Irish background. She was brought up in England and worked in London for three years before moving to Paris, where worked in corporate banking and as a trader in an international bank. After the birth of her first daughter, she became a stay-at-home mother and went on to have another three daughters. She spent four years in the Netherlands, where her fifth daughter was born. Returning to France, she decided to re-train as an English teacher and worked for some years in an international school and then at the Université de Marne la Vallée, teaching English to Architecture students. In 2009 she set up a language school with her husband and now teaches Business English in Paris. Behind Closed Doors is her first novel, and it was a runaway #1 bestseller in the UK, with over 220,000 copies sold in its first two weeks of publication,