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I’ve read Minka Kent before and had this same thought — I like her actual writing. It’s easy and descriptive, includes random details that I enjoy, BUT the stories are lacking. So I like the writer, but not necessarily what she writes.
Lydia was kidnapped 9 years ago (personally I think 9 was too long. She would not have been healthy mentally or physically after 9 years — maybe change it to 2 or 3). She is held captive and has awful things happen to her. Lydia is able to flee her kidnapper when he shoots her in the shoulder and leaves her for dead.
Lydia returns to Bent Creek, Oregon and “surprises” her husband, Luca. She’d only been married to him for 3 months before she was taken. He’s now married to Merritt and has two kids. Spoiler: Luca is the one who kidnapped and held her prisoner for 9 years.
Lydia worries for Merritt and the kids after she finds a life insurance policy for them. She realizes he cashed in on her policy, which is where he got the money to start his successful restaurant business. Well, successful until recently, because now they’re broke.
Spoiler: Merritt is actually the mastermind behind Lydia’s kidnapping. She even found Lydia and told Luca to get her to marry him, I guess so he could take out a life insurance policy on her — Also, somehow that’s never explained, Merritt knew Lydia had no family or friends and would be an easy target. ANYway, blah blah showdown where Merritt kills Luca and leaves Lydia knocked unconscious (except not really) and sets the house on fire but Spoiler: Delphine, whom Lydia just met and has been living with, rescues Lydia. She saw that Lydia had used Delphine’s phone to order an Uber and followed her to the address she provided on the app.
The Luca as kidnapper twist was fun but not totally surprising. But the Merritt as mastermind twist was great!
I’ve read Minka Kent before and had this same thought — I like her actual writing. It’s easy and descriptive, includes random details that I enjoy, BUT the stories are lacking. So I like the writer, but not necessarily what she writes.
Lydia was kidnapped 9 years ago (personally I think 9 was too long. She would not have been healthy mentally or physically after 9 years — maybe change it to 2 or 3). She is held captive and has awful things happen to her. Lydia is able to flee her kidnapper when he shoots her in the shoulder and leaves her for dead.
Lydia returns to Bent Creek, Oregon and “surprises” her husband, Luca. She’d only been married to him for 3 months before she was taken. He’s now married to Merritt and has two kids. Spoiler: Luca is the one who kidnapped and held her prisoner for 9 years.
Lydia worries for Merritt and the kids after she finds a life insurance policy for them. She realizes he cashed in on her policy, which is where he got the money to start his successful restaurant business. Well, successful until recently, because now they’re broke.
Spoiler: Merritt is actually the mastermind behind Lydia’s kidnapping. She even found Lydia and told Luca to get her to marry him, I guess so he could take out a life insurance policy on her — Also, somehow that’s never explained, Merritt knew Lydia had no family or friends and would be an easy target. ANYway, blah blah showdown where Merritt kills Luca and leaves Lydia knocked unconscious (except not really) and sets the house on fire but Spoiler: Delphine, whom Lydia just met and has been living with, rescues Lydia. She saw that Lydia had used Delphine’s phone to order an Uber and followed her to the address she provided on the app.
The Luca as kidnapper twist was fun but not totally surprising. But the Merritt as mastermind twist was great!