A review by michaelgreenreads
The Secret Lives of Married Women by Elissa Wald

reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Not what I expected at all, in here are two stories that build up a LOT of tension and then kindly release you at the end.

Novella 1/

The suspense is intense in the way only a suburban drama could be??? The husband grew on me in a way that expanded my heart??? I loved the idea of the wolf at the door, a wolf in a bed, and then having it all vanish. 

Novella 2/

SUBMISSION IS THE NAME OF THE GAME. This second story took me by surprise and made me drop the book for a while - a submissive nun devotes herself to a blind man, the blind man's lawyer discovers what bdsm is in her own separate journey. 

This book was not pulp! It is more akin to a reflective and thoughtful Lifetime drama from a more thoughtful universe.