Daisy and Simon’s marriage isn’t what it seems… After years together, the arrival of longed-for daughter Millie sealed everything in place. They’re a happy little family of three. So what if Simon drinks a bit too much sometimes—Daisy’s used to it. She knows he’s just letting off steam. Until one night at a party things spiral horribly out of control. And their happy little family of three will never be the same again.
When it comes to books, a story with a regular, no-frills happy marriage would probably disappoint most people: we like the happy ending, but we do need to see the struggle and the pining and the slow-burning first. We like to gasp at unexpected turns, and secrets fuel our desire to continue reading.
The list below contains very different stories with one thing in common: in these marriages, someone – or even both partners – have secrets to keep.
We hope these books will keep you entertained and, hopefully, will satiate your need for drama and secrets!
His wife knows Barry is cheating on her, but she doesn’t know the details and what they entail.
The story explores the Antigua community, and the way prejudice can shape our lives.
When second baseman Gavin Scott finds out his wife has been faking her orgasms, he decides to join a secret book club. With the help of a regency romance called Courting The Countess and the support of his new book club mates, Gavin is determined to save his marriage.
The stories intercalate episodes from their first three weeks together, and the final weeks as Margaret prepares to say her farewell to family and friends.
This is a lovely book which speaks beautifully about the pain, joys, and secrets a marriage contains.
When Roy gets sentenced to prison for 12 years, for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit, their marriage seems to be put on hold.
Can an apparently perfect marriage survive time and distance, and the threat of new affections?
Eventually, she decides to flee but is convinced to stay by Cesar, her husband’s brother, who shows Ana what freedom and happiness can feel like.
Ana needs to make a decision, but this is no easy feat when she is torn between her heart and her duty.
As Frances finds herself enthralled into an unexpectedly intimate relationship with Nick, she starts to question her life and struggles to keep it in check.
The couple tries countless ways to get pregnant, without results.
When Yejide finds out Akin has a second wife, she is more determined than ever to save her marriage by getting pregnant. The pregnancy eventually happens, but things become much more complicated than she had anticipated.
In their 60s Hazel and Mari find each other again, but this time they are decided to give their love the chance it should have had the first time around.
She doesn’t really know Ganyo, but she accepts the proposal, realising soon that this proposal might not be as good as it at first seemed.
Ganyo is in love with another woman, and his family wants Afi to win him back, but conquering Ganyo’s affection starts to seem less important for Afi as she starts to get a taste of independence in Accra, the city she lives in now.
When a famous passenger – a well-known musician – walks into her bus to meet a woman who is not his famous wife, Paula sees in it an opportunity to offer her silence in exchange for money.
When news come out that a woman has been murdered in the same building Paula dropped the musician at, and that there is a high chance he has had a part in it, she starts questioning what action to take next, and the real value of her silence.
