The Assistant, a haunting new romantic thriller from USA Today bestselling author Marni Mann is LIVE!
At forty-two, I’m married to my best friend, and we have two beautiful children.
Everything about my life is perfect until my father gets sick.
Before: I owned and operated a massively successful women’s shapewear company.
After: I stay home with my family because I’ve learned the importance of time.
Before: My husband could rely on me to take care of everything.
After: I hire him the perfect assistant.
My entire life can be summed up in before and afters, but something happens in the middle.
A meeting.
And it changes the course of everyone’s lives forever.
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About Marni:
Best-selling Author Marni Mann knew she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars, Mann was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts sexy, titillating stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotion. A New Englander at heart, she now lives in Sarasota, Florida with her husband and their two dogs who subsequently have been characters in her books. When she’s not nose deep in her laptop working on her next novel, she’s scouring for chocolate, sipping wine, traveling to new locations, and devouring fabulous books.
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The word Brilliant doesn't even get to touch it, it packs supernova of emotions, heartsqueezing sentiments, that will leave you on your knees. Begging & gasping for more.
What an unbelievable journey marni takes us on!!! It's beauty lies in the disturbing details and distressful subject.The irony is- it's not bold and hard hitting at all. It creeps on you silently and the punch it lands in your solar plexus will make you double up in pain and grief. I've read it with knotted stomach and a lump in my throat
Most people will identify with it cause they've been touched by this kind of a situation in their life directly or indirectly. It starts out on a happy, joyous note and throughout the story I was waiting for the shoe to drop (cause I know M). And when she steel-toed boot kicks your heart, it is not unexpected yet devastatingly impactful just the same....and then some.
I've been her ardent fan since Memoirs, but that story held power in its content, this story holds power in its treatment and plotting. There's agitation churning right beneath the surface, I see breadcrumbs scattered along the trail all over, giving subtle hints and tiny clues. So my advice - READ ACUTELY!!
I started the book with one vantage viewpoint, finished it with tears in my eyes
Then I noted a tiny loose thread of a detail I'd missed. As soon as i picked it , the whole story turned on its side, went belly up and everything CLICKED INTO PLACE 😮
"How do I make it last as long as possible?"
she had warned me that it would break my heart, but nothing could have prepared me for the heartcrushing effect. Its like a stun-grenade was thrown in, filling the book with smoke & blinding flash of light and I legit choked and sputtered, not believing what the hidden inferences were pointing me towards!!!
“Promise me you’ll always make smart choices .”
The KEY WORD -> Smart Choices!
There are NO right or wrong answers to any problem in real life...C'est La Vie!!
Very simple story- The Blacks are a blissfully married, utterly devoted and sickeningly in love couple, complete with the most adorably beautiful children. Rich and successful, they have nothing to want for financially. They have a halo of love surrounding their home, till a hurricane sweeps in and their dream life is huffed and puffed and just brought down!!
Enter the Assistant -Charlotte Scott. She's meticulous, efficient, persistent, hard-working and most of all has a kind sympathetic heart.
What could go wrong?
What does go wrong?
How to hide that wrong?
"He was my soul mate. My best friend. The only man I ever wanted to be with.
There was no doubt in my mind he was perfect for me. So, why couldn’t I tell him.........?!*gasp**
The trouble with marni's books is that they make you ditch the world, the daily life, kids, hubs.....and nothing gets done. I finished the book at 11 pm, then tossed and turned the WHOLE DAMN NIGHT !!
That's how effectual the story was. It's still plaguing my mind, I've gone back, read and reread some scenes and its taken me few hours to sort out the tangled web.
I couldn't stop crying, partly due to the unfairness of it all and partly due to the strength of spirit, despite of it all.
Characters are soft, vulnerable and powerless like normal human beings, yet filled with super human strength within. They act out of love and dignity of spirit. Friendship, kinship, support and besotted love fill the pages and hence the losses become unbearable by the end.
Particularly notice the grammar in the book, the narrative voices and play on words, they are truely masterful. Each character gets a different treatment and attention and it's not overtly noticeable. AMAZING!!!
I'm now out of tears and out of words. Bravo for delivering yet another masterpiece Marni, my adoration for you keeps getting deeper❤
5 stars for "Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole"
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